to last a life-time. So careful were
they of this head-dress that they used a crescent-shaped pillow of
earthenware, so that it might not be disturbed when they slept. Dr.
Keller, who first described these crescent-shaped articles, thought they
were religious emblems of the moon. He may be right, as the matter is
not yet decided, but some think they were the pillows in question. At
first thought this would seem absurd, but when we learn of the habits of
the natives of Abyssinia and other savage races, we cease to wonder.

Illustrations of Crescent, Bracelet, and Hair-pin.--------

In speaking of the ornaments of the Bronze Age, a caution is necessary,
because ornaments of bronze may belong to any age. Bracelets and
rings have been quite numerous. The bracelets vary much in shape,
are decidedly artistic in workmanship, and often set off with carved
designs. Some of this shape are composed of a single ring of varying
width, the ends of which almost meet and terminate by a semicircular
clasp; others are a combination of straight or twisted wires ingeniously
joined to one another. "Some of these ornaments remain even up to the
present day in a perfect state of preservation. In an urn from one of
the lake settlements six specimens were discovered, the designs of which
appeared quite as clearly as if they had only just been engraved."<15>

We are called on to notice one important point in reference to these
bracelets and rings. That is, they are so small they could scarcely be
worn nowadays; a fact leading us to infer that the people must have been
of small size. It has also been noticed that the handles of the swords
are smaller than would be convenient for soldiers now. Some ornaments of
bronze were worn as pendants. For this purpose they were provided with a
circular hole, and were probably worn suspended around the neck.

Illustration of Bronze Pendants.-------

Ornaments were not always of bronze. Necklaces were sometimes made of
amber, and gold beads were quite common. We give a cut of both. They
are from burial mounds of this age in England. We remember the
ornamentations on implements in the Paleolithic Age was by engraving
animal forms. In the Neolithic Age they seem to have cared very little
for ornamenting. During the Bronze Age the ornamentation was of a simple
but pleasing and uniform style. It consisted of simple geometrical
patterns, combination of circles, dots, and straight lines. In this next