﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  6 
  1 
  

  

  collection. 
  After 
  his 
  appointment 
  as 
  Archeologist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum 
  his 
  studies 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  silver 
  work 
  were 
  continued 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   silver 
  worker's 
  art 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  ^luseum 
  collections. 
  

   With 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  the 
  silversmiths* 
  outfits 
  previously 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  brooches 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  along 
  

   different 
  lines. 
  Several 
  clues 
  were 
  followed. 
  One 
  important 
  sug- 
  

   gestion 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  some 
  illustrations 
  of 
  circular 
  brooches 
  from 
  

   burial 
  mounds 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  Another 
  important 
  clue 
  was 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  a 
  friend 
  vrho 
  had 
  visited 
  the 
  museums 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  the 
  matter 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  was 
  written 
  

   to 
  Dr 
  Joseph 
  Anderson, 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  of 
  An- 
  

   tiquities 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Antiquaries 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  in 
  Edinburgh 
  : 
  

  

  AVtc- 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  Albany^ 
  iV. 
  Y., 
  December 
  2, 
  190& 
  

   Dr 
  Joseph 
  Anderson, 
  Curator 
  

  

  Aational 
  Museum 
  of 
  Antiquities 
  

  

  Edinburgli, 
  Scotland 
  

  

  My 
  DEAR 
  SIR 
  : 
  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  Xew 
  York 
  State 
  for 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   years 
  have 
  made, 
  with 
  their 
  native 
  tools, 
  articles 
  of 
  silver, 
  known 
  

   as 
  Indian 
  brooches, 
  which 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  are 
  similar, 
  I 
  am 
  told, 
  

   to 
  buckles 
  and 
  brooches 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  Scotland 
  for 
  cen- 
  

   turies. 
  I 
  am 
  sending 
  you, 
  herewith, 
  a 
  pamphlet 
  describing 
  the 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  ornaments 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  greatly 
  obliged 
  if 
  you 
  would 
  let 
  

   me 
  know, 
  by 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  plates 
  and 
  numbers, 
  which 
  are 
  similar 
  

   to 
  Scotch 
  forms. 
  Any 
  literature 
  or 
  photographs 
  which 
  you 
  have' 
  

   describing 
  the 
  articles 
  in 
  question 
  would 
  be 
  most 
  welcome 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  preparing 
  a 
  monograph 
  on 
  Iroquois 
  Indian 
  silver 
  work 
  for 
  

   our 
  museum 
  and 
  any 
  information 
  you 
  may 
  give 
  will 
  be 
  gratefully 
  

   acknowledged. 
  

  

  A'ery 
  sincerely 
  

  

  [5/^i,';/c(^l 
  Arthur 
  C. 
  Parker 
  

   Archeol 
  agist, 
  Xezc 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  this 
  inquiry, 
  Dr 
  Anderson 
  wrote 
  : 
  

  

  Societx 
  of 
  Antiquaries 
  of 
  Scotland 
  

   Xational 
  Museum 
  of 
  Antiquities 
  

  

  Queen 
  Street, 
  Edinburgh, 
  Dec. 
  15th, 
  1908 
  

  

  Dear 
  sir: 
  In 
  reply 
  to 
  your 
  note 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  silver 
  brooches 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Indians, 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  those 
  figured 
  in 
  

   the 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  pamphlet 
  you 
  kindly 
  sent 
  me 
  are 
  imitations 
  and 
  

   adaptations 
  of 
  the 
  Scottish 
  Luckenbooth 
  brooches, 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  

   they 
  were 
  chiefly 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  Luckenbooths 
  around 
  about 
  St 
  Giles's 
  

   Church, 
  Edinburgh. 
  This 
  applies 
  to 
  all 
  those 
  modeled 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  