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Such specimens are usually made of local stone, but finished articles 

 may be and frequently are of extralimital materials, as Huronian 

 slate. The polished slate culture is described in the chapter on the 

 mound-building people (see page 83). 



Fig. 6 Horned banner stone of striped or " Huronian " slate, from the 

 Seneca river near Baldwinsville. x 2 A 



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It may be well to keep in mind that none of the polished slate 

 " problematical forms " seems to be complete in itself, but appears 

 rather to be parts of other and more complex objects. This makes 

 the problem of determining their use all the more difficult. It is 



Fig. 7 One holed gorget from 

 Baldwinsville. x^4 



