POLISHED STONE ARTICLES USED BY THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES 29 



diameter eleven sixteenths of an inch. Fig. 127 shows two from a 

 recent Cayuga site, a very little longer, but otherwise like the last. 

 The use is conjectural. 



Fig. 138 is a straight sided but tapering flat ornament of pipestone 

 from Cayuga. It is two and three sixteenths inches long, and very 

 narrow. Fig. 148 is of the same material and from the same local- 

 ity. It is a rectangular disk, with a central circular opening, and two 

 small perforations; one on each side. Fig. 149 is another long pipe- 

 stone ornament from Munnsville, with straight converging sides. 

 Fig. 150 is rarer, but of the same material and from the same place. 

 It is a small trefoil, showing a human figure on one surface. Length 

 thirteen sixteenths of an inch. 



Fig. 162 is a remarkable article from a much frequented early site 

 on Onondaga Lake. It is a cup-shaped highly polished pendant 

 of brown sandstone, perforated at the base for suspension. The 

 inside distinctly shows the work of the rimming tool, but the out- 

 side has been carefully polished. It is nearly an inch in diameter, 

 and seems unique here. A similar broken one has been found in 

 California. 



Fig. 181 is one of the pipestone ornaments with converging sides, 

 but differs from most in rising to a ridge in the center of each sur- 

 face. There is a central longitudinal perforation. This is also from 

 Cayuga County. It is two and one eighth inches long by a little 

 over an inch broad. Figs. 182 and 183 are small dagger-shaped 

 ornaments of pipestone from Munnsville; the latter perforated for 

 suspension. Fig. 190 is another Cayuga example of the flat pipe- 

 stone ring, perforated as usual. Fig. 199 is similar, and this form 

 is very common on recent sites. 



Fig. 194 is a small pipestone ornament from Munnsville. The 

 sides are curved, and the general appearance not unlike that of a 

 Masonic level. Masonic silver emblems were common among the 

 Indians a little later. Fig. 195, from the same place, is heart-shaped, 

 and dots are disposed parallel with the margin. It is perforated at 

 the lower point. Fig. 198 has the form of some small animal made 

 of pipestone. This is from Cayuga. 



