REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I9II 



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baskets were collected at the Tonawanda reservation but had been 

 made by an Oneida woman. 



A good assortment of silver articles was collected. This includes 

 two sets of bracelets or arm bands. These interesting products of 

 Iroquois silversmithing add ma- 

 terially to our already extensive 

 collection. 



A unique acquisition is a set of 

 decorator's tools from the Tona- 

 wanda reservation. The set con- 

 sists of fourteen pieces of which 

 six are swab brushes, six pointed 

 markers (the reverse ends of three 

 being stamps for round spots), 

 three forked for drawing parallel 

 lines, three double forked for 

 making four dots, one horse hoof 

 sta.rp and one dipping rod for re- 

 moving splints from dye. The rods 

 are about eight or ten inches long 

 and the swab brushes and pointed 

 sticks taper from the size of a pen- 

 cil at the large end to an eighth 

 or even a thirty-second of an inch 

 at the smaller end. The outfit . 



is a simple one and was used by ^ Peach stone dice. Natural size. 

 ^ . -^ 1 onawanda beneca. Collected, by A. C 



a basket maker for decorating Parker, 191 1 



baskets, bows and canes. Certain features about the tools suggest 



that they follow an earlier type and are similar to those which had 



been in use in earlier times. 



Ethnological studies. During the year just passed the studies 

 of the Iroquois ceremonial rites and cults have been continued, 

 resulting in the addition of new and interesting material. 



Of special interest are the many additional notes on the laws of 

 the Five Nations Confederacy. The Archeologist was fortunately 

 able during evenings and holidays to record much of value from the 

 lips of a number of Indians versed in the old-time lore. The manu- 

 scripts already on file were annotated in the field and examined 

 critically by various authorities among the Indians themselves. 



The Code of Ga-nio-daio was again gone over by Chief So-son- 

 do-wa (Edward Cornplanter') and changes were made at his sug- 



