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ing a curved and prominent horn on each side. Both these are 

 ground to a rounded cutting edge, and might have been used for 

 cutting strips of hide with parallel edges. The shorter horn has 

 been split and recut, and both are ground from the inside, the 

 natural curve of the bone remaining without. The edges are very 

 slightly ground outside, and cracks nearly reach the base. 



Fig. 353 is another novel article from the same site. It might 

 be called a flat double chisel or gouge, being sharp at both ends. 

 The material seems to be horn, and the edges are ornamented with 

 notches. These edges are parallel, moderately deep in the center, 

 and there are two circular perforations near the center of the imple- 

 ment. One surface is nearly straight, and retains part of a natural 

 longitudinal hollow. The other curves, and has a deep, broad 

 hollow, worked from end to end, as in the figure. This fine article 

 may have been a shuttle, or have been used in some game. 



A piece of horn has been cut off from an antler and partially 

 worked. It is 5J inches long, and has been excavated on one side, 

 perhaps for a paint box. This is from the Otstungo fort and is in 

 the Richmond collection. The writer found part of an antler on 

 the Wagner hollow site in Montgomery county in 1889. It had 

 been neatly cut off and was partially worked, though most of the 

 original surface remains. Toward the upper end broad diagonal 

 grooves have been cut. It is 4f inches long by 1^- inches thick. 

 Copper saws were found on the same site. 



A slightly curved bone implement is in the collection of H. A. 

 Pride of Holland Patent. It was found in the town of Marcy, on 

 the north side of the Mohawk river, and not far from Oriskany. 

 The sides and edges are parallel, and it is 5J inches long and over 

 an inch wide. The thickness is -| of an inch. Both ends are 

 brought to a moderately sharp edge, suggesting a double chisel, but 

 one of these has the characteristic feature of fig. 98 and 342. 

 Parallel grooves extend from the end on one surface, for over 

 an inch of the length, making a corrugated surface there. They are 

 arranged as in the other examples, and probably had the same 

 use. 



In the collection of the Onondaga historical association is a bone 

 spool, given to that society, Mar. 29, 1895, by Mrs Pierce, an Indian 



