Shell and clay ornaments and effigies from Cahokia. (1) Shell gorget with skeleton, Sawmill Mound. (2) Human head carved from fresh water mussel shell, Sawmill Mound. (3) Fresh water mussel shell (Elliptio dilatatus) fashioned into nose or ear ornament, James Ramey Mound. (4) Clay bird head effigy, Wells-Tippetts Village Site. (5) Clay bird head effigy, James Ramey Mound. (6) Clay bird head effigy, James Ramey Mound. (7) Clay mammal head effigy, Sawmill Mound. (8) Ornament fragment, James Ramey Mound. (9) Pot sherd rim fragment, James Ramey Mound.

Moorehead, W.K. 1929. The Cahokia Mounds. University of Illinois, Urbana. plate XXIII