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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  broad 
  handle, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  distinguished 
  at 
  the 
  neck. 
  The 
  

   eye 
  has 
  two 
  circular 
  perforations, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  ring 
  between. 
  A 
  

   deep 
  cut 
  forms 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  notches 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  the 
  

   teeth. 
  Although 
  somewhat 
  heavy 
  for 
  a 
  war 
  club 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  an 
  effective 
  weapon^ 
  and 
  the 
  sole 
  signs 
  of 
  use 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  end, 
  farthest 
  from 
  the 
  head. 
  This 
  being 
  so 
  it 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  

   doubted 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  warlike 
  weapon. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  69 
  is 
  a 
  broken 
  sandstone 
  pebble, 
  having 
  a 
  carved 
  head 
  with 
  

   a 
  mouth 
  and 
  raised 
  eyes 
  or 
  ears. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1879 
  ^-t 
  an 
  early 
  

   site 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  One 
  side 
  is 
  fiat, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  rude. 
  

   It 
  now 
  measures 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  

   inches. 
  A 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  carved 
  pestle 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  

   having 
  a 
  fish's 
  head. 
  Several 
  have 
  occurred 
  near 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  

   which 
  have 
  now 
  disappeared. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  70 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  cylindric 
  pestle 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  picked 
  and 
  polished. 
  The 
  greatest 
  width, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   inches, 
  is 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  nine 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  A 
  larger 
  one, 
  which 
  has 
  lost 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  stream. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  long, 
  tapering 
  and 
  cylindric 
  form, 
  polished, 
  

   but 
  retaining 
  a 
  few 
  pick 
  marks, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone. 
  It 
  is 
  

   still 
  14J 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  thick 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  end 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  broken. 
  The 
  thicker 
  end 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  71 
  is 
  very 
  frequent 
  form 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  though 
  

   it 
  shows 
  use 
  in 
  poundings 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  oftener 
  employed 
  

   in 
  grinding, 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  edge 
  being 
  flattened 
  by 
  use. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  brown 
  

   sandstone 
  pebble, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  The 
  length 
  

   is 
  eight 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  slender, 
  the 
  width 
  

   being 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters, 
  with 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  73 
  is 
  a 
  cylindric 
  and 
  truncated 
  pestle 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  

   which 
  is 
  perfect, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   inches. 
  Another 
  of 
  similar 
  form 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  

   of 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  dimensions. 
  Fig. 
  74 
  is 
  a 
  truncated 
  pebble, 
  picked 
  

   at 
  both 
  ends, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  stream. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  cylindric 
  

   sandstone, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  

  

  