OKLAHOMA’S MOUND BUILDERS WORE FANCY STONE EARRINGS
Some of the costume jewelry worn in ancient America was amusing stuff.
From eastern Oklahoma comes a stone earplug made by an Indian jeweler with interesting ideas of design. The plug, unfortunately broken, is ringed with a mazelike pattern of lines. Once you see it the right way, there is a series of Indian profiles in the puzzle picture.
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