POLISHED STONE ARTICLES USED BY THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES 1 5 



from the Thousand Islands. Fig. 23 is from the St. Lawrence 

 River, and is one of the long and slender celts, widest in the center, 

 flat on one side and curved on the other. The ends are rounded. 

 It is of striped slate, six and seven eighths inches long, seven eighths 

 wide and five eighths deep. Fig. 24 somewhat resembles this, but 

 is more distinctly a double edged celt, being quite sharp at each 

 end. One side is slightly but not conspicuously flattened, and a 

 groove extends nearly around it. The other side is more rounded. 

 It is of polished brown stone, three and three eighths inches long 

 by one inch wide, and comes from Fleming, Cayuga County. Fig. 

 25 is of the same class, small and narrow, with curving sides. One 

 surface is flat, the other raised, and while it is sharp only at one 

 end, the other comes nearly to an edge. The form is wide spread 

 but not common, and some specimens approach the boat stones in 

 general outlines. They are usually of slate or fine sandstone. This 

 one is from the Oneida River, and is two and three eighths by five 

 eighths inches wide.i 



Fig. 26 is reduced in size with the nine which follow it. It is of a 

 rare and peculiar celt, several of which have been found. They are 

 very slender, usually nearly cylindric, and more or less pointed at 

 each end. Sometimes the material seems too frail for use. This 

 is one of the larger specimens, and 11-J inches long. The diameter 

 is one by one and one fourth inches. It is angular and four sided, 

 but the angles are rounded, and the points likewise. It tapers to 

 each end, and shows no signs of use. The material is a polished 

 dark gritty slate, from Seneca River. 



Fig. 27 is another of the same general form, nine inches long by 

 fifteen sixteenths thick. It is of a dark brownish steel grey, and is 

 pointed at both ends. It was found near the Willard Asylum on 

 Seneca Lake. This is of about the average length, but some are 

 longer, and others more slender. 



Fig. 28 seems an adze, and will be described under that head. 



Fig. 29 is an unusual form of celt, contracting toward the point. 

 It is made of green variegated slate, three and one half inches by one 

 and one eighth wide, and is narrow and rounded at the cutting edge. 

 It comes from Seneca River. 



