Class Tenth — Ochalis77
This class of ornaments were worn as pendants from the inner cartilage of the nose. The material of nose-jewels in modern times, when worn, is, generally, silver or some metal. Anciently bone or shell were the chief substances.
Ochalis Odä-ä.78 Plate 1, Fig. 3. The material is a part of some massy species of sea shell. The outer coating is partially decomposed, exhibiting an opaque, limy appearance. Length, eight-tenths of an inch—rounded, heart-shaped. Onondaga. [J. V. V. Clarke.]
Notes
77 From the Shawanoe word Ochali, a nose.
78 Heart-shaped, or like.