EARTHENWARE OF THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES IO3 



Fig. 91 is made from Mr R. A. Grider's drawing of a Seneca 

 vessel, now in the state museum. It is of full size, and came from 

 West Bloomfield, Ontario county. The same projecting and deeply 

 notched rim appears sometimes farther east, as well as the triangular 

 indentations surrounding the vessel in a single row below. Curved 

 grooves, arranged diagonally^ appear on the rim between the top 

 and the graceful notches below. Fig. 92 is a perfect vessel from 

 Cayuga county, of actual size. It has an undulating and expand- 

 ing simple rim^ with two opposite elevations. There are elliptic 

 indentations below the edge, reaching all around, and the v/hole sur- 

 face is slightly furrowed from top to bottom. It is from Scipioville, 

 where many of the relics are at least as late as the latter part of the 

 17th century. 



Fig. 93 is a fragment found near the head of Onondaga lake^ at 

 a spot known as Kaneenda, and occasionally occupied about 1700, 

 as well as much earlier. Small human faces occur there on ves- 

 sels, of the type found at the fort on lot 69, Pompey, a place of 

 national residence about the year 1630. This stronghold brought 

 the Onondagas nearer tO' this lake, and they partially made it a new 

 fishing place. The fragment represented has a small and peculiar 

 ornament on an otherwise plain surface. There is a line of very 

 small rings, with a curved line above each one, coming to an angle 

 behind, much like a representation of the human eye. No age can 

 be assigned to this. 



Fig. 94 is a small but finely formed Mohawk vessel, found in a 

 Montgomery county grave, along with iron axes^ beads and other 

 modern articles. It is oblong, and the lateral rim is deeply curved, 

 rising into a high and obtuse point at the ends. The rim is notched 

 above and on the sides. A broad groove sweeps along beneath 

 this vertical grooving on the sides of the rim^ and grooved lines 

 curve outward to the bold projection beneath. At one end of this 

 projection is another which is vertical and ornamented^ and 

 strikingly suggestive of the prow of a ship. Below these pro- 

 jections the vessel is neatly rounded out, but with rather sudden, 

 curves. The bottom is flatter than usual. 



