Class Seventh — Mudwämina
Ornament alone appears to have been the object of this numerous class of remains. Generally the object was the production of a jingling sound in walking. It was generally used to decorate some part of the dress. It assumed a great variety of shapes, and was made from as many species of material, including native copper. Another object was to inspire fear by the tread.
Mudwämina Miskwabic.74 Fig. 11, Plate I. The article figured is three-fourths of an inch in length, bell shaped, and composed of native copper, beat very thin. Onondaga.
Mudwämina Ossinic.75 Fig. 8, Plate 2. Material, red pipe stone, perforated. Onondaga.
Mudwämina Wassäabic. Fig. 9, Plate 2. Material, a crystal, perforated. Traces of its iridescence. Probably a crystal of strontian. Onondaga.
Notes
74 Copper.
75 Stone.