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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
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  ABORIGINES 
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  thick. 
  Dr. 
  Abbott 
  considered 
  these 
  hammers, 
  but 
  hammering 
  

   and 
  pounding 
  are 
  much 
  aHke. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  75 
  is 
  a 
  pyriform 
  grey 
  sandstone 
  pestle 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  

   It 
  resembles 
  a 
  plummet, 
  but 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  not 
  grooved. 
  These 
  

   would 
  not 
  be 
  real 
  distinctions, 
  but 
  while 
  this 
  implement 
  has 
  been 
  

   picked 
  and 
  polished, 
  the 
  ends 
  have 
  been 
  battered 
  by 
  use. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  

   and 
  one 
  eighth 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  89 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  pestles 
  probably 
  used 
  in 
  

   preparing 
  paint. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  and 
  quite 
  slender, 
  being 
  

   four 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  It 
  has 
  slight 
  

   pits, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  

   usually 
  larger. 
  

  

  Many 
  large 
  and 
  rude 
  pestles 
  occur. 
  One 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  

   from 
  Elbridge, 
  is 
  slightly 
  spoon-shaped, 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  wedge-like 
  

   projection 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  useful 
  for 
  cleaving 
  ofif 
  bark, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  its 
  purpose. 
  Except 
  this 
  it 
  is 
  rectangular 
  in 
  section, 
  and 
  

   has 
  the 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel. 
  It 
  is 
  24 
  inches 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  general 
  

   thickness 
  of 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  Another 
  similar 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  material, 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  town. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  square 
  in 
  

   section, 
  and 
  quite 
  straight 
  like 
  the 
  last. 
  /The 
  length 
  is 
  17 
  inches, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  in 
  thick- 
  

   ness. 
  These 
  large 
  and 
  rude 
  implements 
  often 
  occur 
  in 
  various 
  

   places, 
  and 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  from 
  Brewerton 
  are 
  full 
  18 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  but 
  rude 
  pestle 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  River. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  angular, 
  and 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  smooth. 
  

   Between 
  these 
  the 
  edges 
  are 
  roughly 
  chamfered. 
  One 
  smooth 
  

   side 
  is 
  grooved 
  hke 
  a 
  gouge 
  at 
  the 
  smaller 
  end, 
  probably 
  in 
  sharp- 
  

   ening 
  tools, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  pits 
  at 
  the 
  larger 
  end. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  inches 
  long, 
  the 
  greatest 
  width 
  being 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   inches. 
  A 
  flat 
  sandstone 
  pestle, 
  from 
  Oneida 
  Creek, 
  has 
  parallel 
  

   sides 
  and 
  compressed 
  ends, 
  with 
  many 
  pits. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  are 
  

   six 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  

  

  One 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake 
  has 
  one 
  edge 
  perfectly 
  straight, 
  while 
  

   the 
  other 
  is 
  picked 
  and 
  curved, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  transverse 
  groove, 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  for 
  attaching 
  a 
  handle. 
  Both 
  ends 
  show 
  use. 
  This 
  is 
  seven 
  

   ^nd 
  seven 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  A 
  somewhat 
  

  

  