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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  known 
  in 
  Scotland 
  as 
  St. 
  Cuthbert's 
  beads. 
  Fig. 
  48 
  illustrates 
  

   another 
  and 
  larger 
  kind 
  by 
  two 
  views. 
  Natural 
  concretions 
  often 
  

   become 
  rude 
  ornaments. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  50 
  is 
  a 
  heart-shaped 
  ornament 
  of 
  sandstone 
  from 
  Oneida 
  

   Lake, 
  perforated 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  for 
  suspension. 
  Length 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch. 
  Fig. 
  57 
  is 
  a 
  triangular 
  ornament 
  of 
  red 
  slate 
  from 
  

   Cayuga. 
  The 
  edges 
  have 
  a 
  concave 
  sweep, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  

   inch 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  56 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity, 
  being 
  a 
  large 
  pipe- 
  

   stone 
  ornament, 
  with 
  two 
  perforations 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  gorget. 
  It 
  is 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  the 
  ends, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  nearly 
  parallel. 
  It 
  is 
  flat 
  and 
  of 
  mod- 
  

   erate 
  thickness, 
  and 
  the 
  groove 
  is 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  edge, 
  except 
  at 
  

   one 
  end. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  and 
  the 
  breadth 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  inches. 
  Fig. 
  59 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  rectangle, 
  with 
  a 
  circular 
  central 
  opening, 
  

   and 
  one 
  perforation 
  for 
  stringing. 
  Diameter 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   Fig. 
  60 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  truncated 
  pyramid 
  in 
  outline, 
  and 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   County. 
  It 
  is 
  perfectly 
  plain, 
  and 
  has 
  one 
  longitudinal 
  perfora- 
  

   tion. 
  Length 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  

   wide. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  58 
  is 
  a 
  figured 
  pendant 
  of 
  red 
  slate 
  from 
  Cayuga. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   circular 
  disk, 
  perforated 
  for 
  suspension 
  at 
  the 
  edge, 
  and 
  adorned 
  

   with 
  irregular 
  lines 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Carved 
  disks 
  and 
  pebbles 
  are 
  

   usually 
  recent. 
  The 
  diameter 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  Fig. 
  

   82 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  ring 
  of 
  pipestone, 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  These 
  are 
  com- 
  

   mon, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  already 
  figured. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  84 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  parallel 
  sided 
  article 
  of 
  light 
  drab 
  slate 
  from 
  Fish 
  

   Creek, 
  east 
  of 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  perfora- 
  

   tion 
  near 
  each. 
  It 
  is 
  flat 
  and 
  polished, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  

   three 
  fourths 
  inches. 
  Fig. 
  87 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  four-pointed 
  star 
  of 
  pipe- 
  

   stone, 
  with 
  rounded 
  ends. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  

   eleven 
  sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  from 
  point 
  to 
  point. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  88 
  is 
  of 
  three 
  rude 
  stone 
  beads 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  Lake. 
  Two 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  flat, 
  but 
  the 
  smallest 
  is 
  thick. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  126 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  notched 
  and 
  polished 
  pebble 
  from 
  a 
  stockade 
  

   site 
  on 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  greenish 
  slate, 
  and 
  except 
  

   in 
  size 
  and 
  finish 
  is 
  precisely 
  like 
  the 
  flat 
  notched 
  sinkers. 
  Long 
  

  

  