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Incomplete banner stones have been found throughout the State 

 from Lake Champlain region on the north to Staten island on the 

 south and westward through the Mohawk valley to Chautauqua 

 county. Other specimens are reported from the St Lawrence valley 

 but a greater majority have been reported from the Finger Lakes 

 region of central New York and from the valley of the Genesee and 

 its tributaries. 



Fig. 49 Bar amulet from Bigelow collection. Seneca river near Bald- 

 winsville. x% 



Bar amulet. This name is applied to a polished bar of orna- 

 mental stone with a diagonal drilling from either end to the base. 

 The body of a bar amulet is much like that of a bird stone, the bar 

 having two tails instead of a head and a tail. The term amulet as 

 applied to this article is only conjectural. No one knows that it is 

 an amulet. For illustrations, see plates 24 and 113. 



Fig. 50 Stone chisels or bar celts. I. Unadilla; 2 Port Dickinson. 



Bar celt. A long shaft of slate or other cqmpact stone edged 

 on one or both ends as a cutting blade. The term bar describes the 

 general appearance of the implement which, however, tapers from 

 the middle to each end. Bar celts are generally rounded over the 

 back and rather flat on the bottom ; one end may be edged and one 

 shaped like a blunt pick. In length they vary from about 10 to 20 

 inches. The material in most cases is compact black slate, though 

 specimens of syenite, limestone and sandstone are found. Bar celts 



