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Some Indian chiefs have been represented wearing the triple cross,- 

 but otherwise the only one reported and figured is Mr Wyman's. 

 The central bar of this is longer than the others, and all the limbs 

 are foliated. Tasteful open work adds to the effect, but the general* 

 character is that of similar double crosses. This form has been 

 called the pontifical, but is purely ornamental in design. The figure- 

 furnished is 3! inches long by nearly 2j in the widest part. Like 

 his others, this is from a Michigan grave. 



Mr Wyman has also a fine silver double cross, 4$ inches long 

 and 2.\ broad, with a ring for suspension. The base is broad, and 

 the ends of the limbs foliated, the upper crossbar being shorter than 

 the lower. This is a common feature. Crosses of this form and size 

 have been found in many places, and he has several. Fig. 207 is a 

 smaller one of this form, from the Rose hill farm, east of Geneva, 

 N. Y., and is of actual size. Though made for suspension, the broad 

 base would allow a standing position. These are like the Canadian 

 crosses mentioned above. 



Fig. 203 shows one of several from the Onondaga reservation,, 

 belonging to the writer. They are smaller than the last, and of a 

 slightly different form. The Indian owner had over a dozen of 

 these, and they were common among western Indians. Fig. 201 

 is a cross of the same form in the collection of Mrs Converse, prob- 

 ably made from the same pattern, but with surface tracery. There 

 were earlier double crucifixes of the same general form from which 

 the merely ornamental cross may have been derived. There was 

 a small ring for suspension, now usually lacking. 



Fig. 212 is an ornamental double cross with several openings. 

 All the limbs are foliated, and there is a ring for suspension. The 

 general character is that of Mr Wyman's triple cross, but it is 

 smaller. The writer had this from an Onondaga squaw, from whom 

 a friend obtained its counterpart. The form seems rare, and both 

 sides are ornamented. 



Small silver Roman crosses seem much rarer, and none have been 

 reported perfectly plain. Fig. 206 is of one with scalloped edges, 

 from East Cayuga, a site occupied 150 years ago. Fig. 202 is of 

 another which the writer bought of an Onondaga Indian in 1901. 



