The name is derived from _Otowug_, meaning implements of, or relating
to the ear. It is a noun inanimate in _a_. Under this head all pendants
and ornaments for the ear are comprised.
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OTOAUGUNA STATUESQUE. Fig. 3, Plate IV. This pendant for the
ear is made out of sea shell. It bears eight perpendicular and four
transverse dots. Locality, old fort, site near Jamesville. Onondaga.
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OTOAUGUNA PYRAMIDAL. Fig. 2, Plate I. This article varies
in size, in the specimens examined, from nine-tenths to one and
five-tenths inch, in the greatest length. It is an inequilateral
triangle, generally, as here shown, varying to a very acute truncated
prism reversed. Thickness from four to six lines. Perforated. Material,
red pipe stone. Locality, Onondaga county.
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OTOAUGUNA BIFURCATE. Fig. 4, Plate I. Length eight-tenths
inch. Perforated. Red pipe stone. Onondaga county.
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OTOAUGUNA QUADRALATERAL. Fig. 5, Plate 2. Material, red pipe
stone. Onondaga county.