All the specimens thus far in the plate, except the spud-shaped form and the ridged objects, are flat gorgets and pendants which the Committee classify under the general term “laminae”; that is those having flat surfaces, or surfaces nearly flat. In row G, to the left, is arranged the development of yet another form with wings. The first specimen is the pick-shaped object of slate or granite, drilled through. This may gradually expand or change its form, but usually the centre is wide and the wings not very prominent.
Fig. 299. (S. 1–1 to 1–2.) Andover collection. The ordinary flat tablet with concave sides and rounded ends. I have found several of these on the chests and arms of skeletons. The lower specimen presents a peculiarity noted in a number of similar objects in the Peabody Museum, Cambridge. There is a polished groove between the two perforations. There are four or five specimens, all from the same locality in Maine, on exhibition in the Peabody Museum which present this peculiarity. The groove is worn smooth and apparently the polish is the result of the rubbing back and forth of the thongs with which this specimen was fastened. To what it was fastened I am unable to state. The upper specimen exhibits three perforations.
Fig. 300. (S. 1–5.) This figure illustrates twenty-nine slate pendants and tablets of several types ranging from the oval to the ridged form. These are from Indiana and Ohio and are all beautiful specimens, well made. The one at the bottom, in the centre, is rather an unusual form. Collection of Albert L. Addis, Albion, Indiana.
Fig. 301. (S. 2–5.) Denotes the passing of the oval ornament into the rectangular class and the tablet form. The long one to the left is rather unusual. Sometimes these long ornaments have concave sides, or may be straight pendants of unusual size. Collection of C. L. Baatz, Massillon, Ohio.
Fig. 302. (S. 1–1.) A long pointed red sandstone ornament with notches (presumably records) on either edge and originally perforated near each end. Becoming broken, it was perforated on either side at the top either for repair or for suspension. Andover collection.
