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different stages or periods of definite occupation may be; noticed. 

 For example, we are able to trace the Iroquoian from prehistoric to 

 recent times and note the shifting of art motives and the acquisition 

 of new forms as well as the disappearance of older ones. 



The Dewey collection contains a number of especially fine polished 

 slate articles from the lower valley of the Genesee. Among these 

 may be mentioned semilunar knives, gorgets, bird stones, banner 

 stones, pendants, boat stones and other problematicals. Numerous 

 specimens in this collection have been used in illustrating articles on 

 New York archeology. 



The semilunar knives are especially fine specimens. One, some- 

 what smaller than the rest, is of black slate and has a limestone 

 inclusion that spreads out in a quaint oriental pattern. The maker of 

 the implement seems to have preserved this marking for its decorative 

 effect. These implements came from sites that resemble those of 

 the Eskimo. The arrow points associated with them are broad. 

 Hammerstones are found with them, some soapstone pottery, but 

 no bone and no clay pottery. 



Among the material of the later period are a dozen or more pipes.' 

 These are principally Iroquoian, though there are one or two that 

 come from Mound Building sites. The effigy pipes from Iroquoian 

 sites are typical in motive though some of them are unique. One 

 pipe has modeled upon it two heads, one male and the other female. 

 The form is the triangular hooded face. Other pipes are the familiar 

 ringed bowl and the serpent pipe. One pottery vessel in the collec- 

 tion came from the Marsh site at East Bloomfield. This site is that 

 of Gandaguare, the village of the captive Neutral and Huron Indians. 

 It has four upturned corners and its outer surface is decorated. 



For the purpose of preserving his specimens Mr Dewey had many 

 of the finer objects, including some that were fragile, framed in deep 

 mounts that held the specimens away from the cover glass. One of 

 these frames is shown in one of the accompanying plates. The ob- 

 jects came from the John Dann site near Honeoye Falls. The comb 

 in the center is unbroken, in this respect being quite unusual. 



The value of this collection lies in its wealth of type specimens 

 from a definite locality. The careful manner in which it is cataloged 

 preserves the record of each specimen and lends added value to the 

 collection from a scientific and historical standpoint. 



Other acquisitions. Several smaller collections have been added 

 to our accessions, both by gift and by purchase. We have been 

 especially fortunate in the field in both the departments of archeology 



