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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  pleted 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  details 
  as 
  the 
  weaving 
  proceeds; 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  

   weaving 
  is 
  not 
  first 
  completed 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  belt 
  beaded 
  and 
  em- 
  

   broidered, 
  but 
  beading 
  and 
  embroidery 
  are 
  applied 
  as 
  the 
  weaving 
  

   proceeds. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  plate 
  14 
  where 
  the 
  belt 
  and 
  material 
  

   are 
  illustrated 
  will 
  make 
  the 
  meaning 
  clear. 
  

  

  The 
  burden 
  strap 
  was 
  purchased 
  from. 
  Peter 
  Snyder 
  for 
  a 
  New 
  

   York 
  collector 
  who 
  had 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  an 
  interesting 
  collection. 
  Last 
  

   winter 
  the 
  belt 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  where 
  

   it 
  forms 
  a 
  unique 
  collection. 
  

  

  The 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  belt 
  is, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  started 
  in 
  181 
  1 
  by 
  Hanging 
  

   Kittle, 
  into 
  whose 
  family 
  Mary 
  Jemison, 
  the 
  white 
  captive, 
  

   had 
  been 
  adopted. 
  When 
  Hanging 
  Kittle 
  died 
  the 
  belt 
  was 
  left 
  

   incomplete, 
  for 
  reasons 
  understood 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  

   a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century 
  later 
  it 
  was 
  wrapped 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  Mrs 
  Snyder, 
  

   a 
  Seneca 
  woman, 
  and 
  the 
  grandmother 
  of 
  Peter 
  Snyder 
  who 
  sold 
  

   the 
  belt. 
  Peter 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  frequently 
  heard 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  

   belt 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  designed 
  for 
  his 
  father 
  who 
  was 
  to 
  use 
  it 
  

   to 
  carry 
  venison 
  from 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  river 
  hunting 
  grounds 
  to 
  his 
  

   home. 
  The 
  newspaper 
  wrapping 
  found 
  about 
  the 
  strap 
  was 
  dated 
  

  

  1843. 
  

  

  Masks. 
  Another 
  series 
  of 
  articles 
  of 
  exceptional 
  interest 
  is 
  

   the 
  set 
  of 
  masks 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  le'i-'dos 
  O-a'-no 
  or 
  Society 
  of 
  Charm 
  

   Keepers. 
  These 
  masks 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  False 
  Face 
  

   Company 
  and 
  are 
  never 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  mask 
  ceremonies. 
  The 
  Arche- 
  

   ologist 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  several 
  flashlight 
  pictures 
  

   of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  will 
  include 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  later 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Animal 
  

   Societies 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois.^ 
  

  

  Folklore. 
  Satisfactory 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  myths 
  and 
  folk 
  tales, 
  20 
  being 
  recorded 
  when 
  attending 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   winter 
  celebration 
  in 
  January 
  1908. 
  Twelve 
  good 
  phonograph 
  

   records 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  folk 
  songs 
  of 
  unusual 
  interest. 
  This 
  section 
  

   now 
  has 
  a 
  valuable 
  collection 
  of 
  Seneca 
  folk 
  tales, 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  

   texts. 
  

  

  Art 
  and 
  symbolism 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  The 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  decorative 
  

   art 
  and 
  symbolism 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  has 
  been 
  continued. 
  Designs 
  

   have 
  been 
  copied 
  from 
  many 
  decorated 
  Indian 
  artifacts 
  from 
  New 
  

   York 
  State, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  museum. 
  

  

  In 
  plate 
  9 
  is 
  shown 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pattern 
  designs 
  taken 
  from 
  

   decorated 
  rims 
  of 
  pottery 
  vessels. 
  The 
  designs 
  are 
  typically 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  and 
  as 
  motifs 
  for 
  border 
  decoration 
  are 
  not 
  without 
  value 
  

   to 
  art 
  students 
  and 
  practical 
  designers. 
  The 
  patterns 
  are 
  simple 
  

  

  '^See 
  also 
  Parker, 
  A. 
  C, 
  Iroquois 
  Medicine 
  Societies. 
  American 
  Authro- 
  

   pologist, 
  July-Sept., 
  190Q. 
  

  

  