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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  collectors 
  have 
  visited 
  the 
  Archeologist's 
  labo- 
  

   ratory 
  bringing 
  with 
  them 
  specimens 
  for 
  opinion 
  and 
  identification. 
  

  

  - 
  Publications. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  

   Archeologist 
  spent 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  editing 
  and 
  annotating 
  the 
  Myths 
  

   and 
  Legends 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Iroquois, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  

   Mrs 
  Harriet 
  Maxwell 
  Converse. 
  Some 
  133 
  printed 
  pages 
  were 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  manuscript 
  which 
  covered 
  only 
  50. 
  This 
  

   work, 
  issued 
  as 
  Museum 
  bulletin 
  125, 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  very 
  favor- 
  

   ably 
  by 
  the 
  press 
  and 
  by 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  Iroquois 
  ethnology. 
  

   With 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  themselves 
  it 
  is 
  regarded 
  most 
  favorably, 
  which 
  

   is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  possible 
  recommendation. 
  

  

  Frauds. 
  The 
  Archeologist 
  wishes 
  to 
  caution 
  museums 
  and 
  col- 
  

   lectors 
  against 
  fraudulent 
  specimens 
  from 
  Chautauqua, 
  Erie^ 
  Cat- 
  

   taraugus 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  counties, 
  where 
  such 
  articles 
  have 
  been 
  

   offered 
  for 
  sale. 
  In 
  Chautauqua, 
  Erie 
  and 
  Cattaraugus 
  counties 
  

   the 
  Archeologist 
  has 
  examined 
  three 
  collections 
  containing 
  imita- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  stone 
  implements, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  incised 
  pictographs. 
  

   Several 
  frauds 
  from 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  Reservation 
  are 
  Indian 
  made 
  

   without 
  a 
  doubt 
  but 
  are 
  of 
  quite 
  modern 
  manufacture. 
  A 
  number 
  

   of 
  bowl 
  shaped 
  '' 
  mortars 
  " 
  in 
  Monroe 
  county 
  were 
  originally 
  made 
  

   by 
  a 
  blacksmith 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  years 
  ago 
  for 
  water 
  vessels 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   in 
  poultry 
  yards. 
  Stone 
  molds 
  for 
  mill 
  machinery 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  

   mistaken 
  for 
  Indian 
  relics. 
  

  

  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  Progress 
  in 
  ethnological 
  research 
  has 
  been 
  specially 
  satisfactory 
  

   and 
  many 
  valuable 
  objects 
  have 
  been 
  acquired. 
  These 
  accessions 
  

   include 
  clothing, 
  hunting 
  implements, 
  ceremonial 
  objects, 
  basket 
  

   maker's 
  outfits, 
  a 
  silversmith's 
  outfit, 
  silver 
  ornaments 
  and 
  a 
  burden 
  

   strap 
  in 
  process 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  fabrics 
  necessary 
  for 
  its 
  completion. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  scarcity 
  of 
  ethnological 
  material 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   reservations 
  makes 
  it 
  difficult 
  to 
  add 
  much 
  to 
  our 
  collections 
  from 
  

   that 
  source. 
  Private 
  collectors 
  and 
  museums 
  have 
  the 
  great 
  bulk 
  

   of 
  Iroquois 
  artifacts, 
  save 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  buried 
  in 
  their 
  old 
  vil- 
  

   lages. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  have 
  lost 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  ancient 
  arts, 
  and 
  most 
  

   of 
  their 
  old-time 
  costumes 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  paraphernalia 
  have 
  been 
  

   t^iken 
  by 
  collectors. 
  The 
  Indians 
  have 
  done 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  re- 
  

   placing 
  these 
  articles. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  ethnological 
  specimens 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  this 
  year, 
  however, 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  them- 
  

   selves. 
  An 
  especially 
  noteworthy 
  addition 
  is 
  the 
  silversmith's 
  outfit. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Archeologist's 
  paper 
  on 
  The 
  Silverwork 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  the 
  

   following 
  description 
  is 
  found 
  : 
  

  

  