[77] From the Shawanoe word _Ochali_, a nose.
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.
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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.]
[78] Heart-shaped, or like.