a MBTALLIC IMPLEMENTS OF NEW YORK INDIANS 21 
A large preportion of these remarkable articles have the celt 
or chisel form, usually narrower at one end than the other, but 
sometimes with the edges parallel. The finest brought to the 
writer's attention was once owned by the late J. S. Twining, 
who sold it to some one outside the state. Fig. 61 is reduced 
“one half in length from the outline furnished by Mr Twining, 
the full length being 14% inches and the breadth 1 inches. The 
greatest thickness of the lateral edge is & of an inch, the total 
thickness being about double this. It weighs 53} pounds. One 
“surface is flat, and the other ridged as usual. The ends are thin- 
-ner than the center but one is beveled to a sharp cutting edge. 
‘It was plowed up by Mr Farnham at Oxford N. Y. in 1856, and 
‘Mr Twining bought it of his heirs. It is to be regretted that 
‘this unusually fine article did not remain here. 
Fig. 7 is a reduced drawing of another copper celt, almost the 
‘counterpart of the preceding except in size. Its weight is 2 
pounds, 14 ounces, or a little more than half that of the last, 
but it is but about a fifth shorter. This implement is slightly 
beveled in thickness toward each end, one of these having a dull 
sehisel edge. It is 114 inches long, 1-3; broad and +3 thick, 
| being a little wider at the cutting edge where it suddenly and 
slightly expands. One surface is nearly flat but a little de- 
pressed along the center; the other ridged as usual but slightly 
hollowed on each side of the central line of the ridge. This is 
a common feature. There are the usual flattened rough lines, 
showing traces of the hammer. The first owner cut the upper 
_corner to test the material, a very frequent practice. This fine 
ecelt was found in May 1880 by Mr J. F. Shultz on lot 22, town of 
Clay N. Y. and was at first sold for old copper, but soon came 
into the Bigelow collection, where it may now be seen. 
Fig. 3 is of the same general form and is much reduced. It 
is ridged on one side but is narrower at one end than at the 
other. This is in the Smithsonian institution where it is cred- 
ited to Keeseville N. Y. Dr D.S. Kellogg locates it more exactly 
‘at Auger pond, Keeseville, where it was found many years ago 
by a Mr Hackstaff. It is 9% inches long and has a medial width 
of 14 inches, being somewhat smaller than the last. 
