﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Mr. 
  Wagman 
  had 
  23 
  long 
  pestles, 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  seven 
  to 
  21 
  inches 
  long. 
  They 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  large 
  else- 
  

   where, 
  but 
  vary 
  in 
  form. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  very 
  many 
  small 
  ones, 
  of 
  long 
  cylindric 
  pebbles, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  worked, 
  which 
  can 
  hardly 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  pounding, 
  they 
  

   are 
  so 
  light. 
  They 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  employed 
  for 
  mixing 
  paint, 
  or 
  

   for 
  rolling 
  pins. 
  The 
  short 
  truncated 
  forms 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  

   nor 
  are 
  the 
  well 
  worked 
  cylinders 
  common. 
  Ruder 
  implements 
  

   often 
  sufficed. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  63 
  is 
  a 
  grey 
  sandstone 
  pebble, 
  seven 
  inches 
  long-, 
  and 
  much 
  

   enlarged 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  It 
  shows 
  work 
  and 
  use, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  

   Onond^-ga 
  Lake. 
  This, 
  with 
  those 
  up 
  to 
  Fig. 
  74 
  inclusive, 
  are 
  re- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  illustrations. 
  Fig. 
  65 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  angular 
  pestle 
  of 
  

   sandstone, 
  fiat 
  and 
  with 
  parallel 
  sides. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  picked 
  into 
  

   shape, 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  neatly 
  rounded. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  wide, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  where 
  these 
  

   simple 
  forms 
  abound. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6y 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  worked 
  pestle 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Rome, 
  much 
  

   contracted 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  for 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  and 
  

   then 
  expanding 
  to 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  Hence 
  

   the 
  edges 
  converge 
  in 
  straight 
  lines 
  toward 
  the 
  smaller 
  rounded 
  

   end. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  angular. 
  Near 
  

   the 
  broad 
  end 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  pit 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  hammer 
  stone, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   frequent 
  feature 
  of 
  these 
  angular 
  pestles, 
  whether 
  broken 
  or 
  perfect. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  68 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  example 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  carved 
  pestles, 
  if 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  illustration 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  reduced 
  

   than 
  the 
  others, 
  being 
  drawn 
  half 
  their 
  size. 
  It 
  is 
  15 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   and 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  widest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  handle, 
  if 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  so 
  called, 
  for 
  it 
  seems 
  more 
  of 
  a 
  war 
  club 
  than 
  pestle. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  long 
  pebble 
  of 
  a 
  hard 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  the 
  tapering 
  end, 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  grasped 
  by 
  the 
  hand, 
  shows 
  much 
  use. 
  The 
  sides 
  are 
  

   flat 
  and 
  neatly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  edges, 
  which 
  are 
  otherwise 
  angular, 
  

   the 
  implement 
  being 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  thick 
  as 
  wide. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  

   boldly 
  but 
  neatly 
  carved, 
  representing 
  an 
  animal's 
  head 
  with 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  eyes 
  and 
  teeth. 
  These 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  relief 
  but 
  engraved. 
  

   Both 
  sides 
  are 
  alike, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  somewhat 
  thif^Vrer 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  