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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  a 
  little 
  flattened. 
  Many 
  more 
  might 
  be 
  described, 
  but 
  they 
  present 
  

   no 
  very 
  different 
  features. 
  The 
  largest 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  flesh 
  colored 
  

   granite. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  grooved 
  pebbles 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  one, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  

   one 
  from 
  Wyoming. 
  It 
  is 
  grooved 
  all 
  around 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end, 
  the 
  

   length 
  being 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  classed 
  among 
  the 
  sinkers, 
  which 
  usually 
  

   have 
  the 
  groove 
  around 
  the 
  shorter 
  circumference 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  A 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  perforated 
  ball 
  of 
  polished 
  yellow 
  granite 
  was 
  

   omitted 
  from 
  some 
  doubt 
  of 
  its 
  character. 
  It 
  was 
  obtained 
  near 
  

   Cross 
  Lake 
  some 
  years 
  ago> 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  The 
  perforation 
  is 
  coun- 
  

   tersunk 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  the 
  general 
  diameter 
  is 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  neatly 
  drilled. 
  In 
  1897, 
  however, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond 
  received 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  from 
  Otsego 
  County, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  says, 
  ' 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   smooth 
  stone, 
  about 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  lengthwise 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  It 
  is 
  something 
  so 
  unusual 
  for 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   country 
  that 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  it. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  surface 
  find 
  

   in 
  that 
  county.' 
  The 
  two 
  articles 
  so 
  closely 
  correspond 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   character 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  definitely 
  among 
  New 
  York 
  

   articles; 
  the 
  principal 
  difference 
  being 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  mentioned 
  is 
  

   drilled 
  through 
  the 
  short 
  diameter. 
  Mr. 
  Richmond 
  would 
  place 
  

   them 
  with 
  the 
  South 
  American 
  bolas, 
  but 
  the 
  perforation 
  of 
  so 
  hard 
  

   a 
  stone 
  would 
  suggest 
  some 
  other 
  use. 
  The 
  figure 
  is 
  so 
  simple 
  as 
  

   to 
  be 
  readily 
  understood 
  without 
  illustration. 
  

  

  ORNAMENTS 
  

  

  For 
  convenience 
  in 
  arranging 
  illustrations, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  

   ornaments 
  are 
  not 
  placed 
  in 
  consecutive 
  order, 
  but 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  among 
  the 
  rest. 
  Early 
  stone 
  ornaments, 
  aside 
  from 
  those 
  

   classed 
  as 
  amulets, 
  gorgets 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  stones, 
  were 
  usually 
  

   of 
  slate, 
  soapstone 
  and 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  many 
  in 
  number. 
  

   Other 
  things 
  were 
  more 
  available 
  and 
  made 
  more 
  show. 
  A 
  little 
  

   before 
  A. 
  D. 
  1700^ 
  catlinite, 
  or 
  red 
  pip^stone, 
  was 
  brought 
  east 
  in 
  

  

  