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Literary
October 2, 1866
The Evening Telegraph
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Description of personal ornaments worn by women in ancient Swiss lake-dwellings, including perforated stones, pendants of various materials, necklaces of animal teeth, wooden combs, and hair-pins forming crowns, some possibly as amulets.
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The Lacustrine Women.-Among the articles discovered in the remains of the old lake-dwellings in Switzerland are a variety of personal ornaments worn by the women. They consist of simple perforated stones, of pendants of serpentine and petrifactions, such as ammonites, limbs of crinites, corals of stag-horn and parti-colored stones, agate, and glassy flux; necklaces of boars' and bears' teeth, and back combs of yew wood. One of the most remarkable objects found was a hair-pin with a large knob, several of which were stuck round the head so as to form a sort of crown. Some of the ornaments probably served as amulets also.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lake Dwellings
Switzerland
Personal Ornaments
Amulets
Hair Pins
Literary Details
Title
The Lacustrine Women.