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Another early type of implements are the polished slate knives 

 similar in every way to the Eskimo forms. The ulu or semilunar 

 knife is also of the common Eskimo form. There are several per- 

 fect specimens of these objects. Two bayonets made of slate are 

 included in this collection. 



There are very few stone pipes in the Bigelow collection, 

 especially those from the pre-Iroquoian occupations. Four or five 

 pipes of the modified monitor type embrace all the specimens ob- 

 tained by Mr Bigelow. A most interesting form is that of a turtle 

 having the pipe bowl in the center of its back. No stem seems to 

 have been used. Iroquois pipes, however, are fairly numerous and 

 were found on later sites of this occupancy. 'The clay pipes, 

 especially those from the hills about Pompey, show considerable 

 skill in modeling. The principal decorations are zoomorphic. There 

 are representations of the human face, the human body and hands, 

 and effigies of animals and of birds. On several specimens the 

 effigy of a serpent is used as a decoration. 



Implements of bone in this collection have come mostly from the 

 Iroquoian sites among the Onondaga hills. They embrace repre- 

 sentative series of awls, punches, harpoons, tubes etc. Equally in- 

 teresting are the objects of antler which embrace arrow points, 

 pitching tools, punches, knife handles, spades and combs. Among 

 the more interesting specimens are the drilled and cut teeth of 

 animals. There are many other forms of implements which we 

 are not able to mention specifically. The Bigelow bone collection 

 has been studied and examined with considerable care and some 

 specimens deserve the closest scrutiny. 



Objects of shell are not numerous. Few of the specimens come 

 from the older sites ; in fact nearly all specimens have come from 

 sites in which European objects were found. 



As may be judged, large quantities of broken pottery were dis- 

 covered in all the various sites from which Iroquoian implements 

 came. The Iroquoian pottery is similar to that of all other regions 

 where it is discovered; for example, Jefferson county, the Genesee 

 river and western New York. 



One of the finest complete specimens of the Iroquoian pot ever 

 found is included in the Bigelow collection. It was found by Mr 

 Percy Purdy in a cliff cave on the banks of the Indian river, in the 

 town of Theresa, Jefferson county. It is of typical Iroquoian 

 pattern having a constricted neck and raised collar above which 

 project four points, each 6>^ inches apart. At each point is the 

 conventional Iroquoian representation of the human face, made 



