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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  finish 
  was 
  in 
  prospect 
  for 
  the 
  outside, 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  rude. 
  The^ 
  

   broad 
  handle 
  projects 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches, 
  and 
  has 
  five- 
  

   straight 
  grooves 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

   Straight 
  rims, 
  however, 
  are 
  often 
  found. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  78 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  piece 
  of 
  potstone, 
  somewhat 
  like 
  a 
  door 
  knob. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  complete, 
  and 
  is 
  neatly 
  finished, 
  but 
  has 
  no 
  assignable 
  use. 
  

   When 
  worked 
  all 
  over, 
  however, 
  steatite 
  might 
  seem 
  finished 
  in 
  any 
  

   stage. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  wide, 
  and 
  one 
  deep. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  79 
  shows 
  a 
  notched 
  potstone 
  rim_, 
  and 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  frequent. 
  

   Some 
  rims 
  have 
  simply 
  acute 
  notches, 
  while 
  in 
  other 
  fragments 
  they 
  

   have 
  a 
  rounded 
  form. 
  The 
  perforations 
  are 
  well 
  known. 
  Many 
  

   fragments 
  are 
  curiously 
  grooved, 
  and 
  one 
  has 
  two 
  grooved 
  edges 
  

   and 
  two 
  perforations. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  

   three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  across. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  80 
  is 
  a 
  potstone 
  sinker, 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  curving 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  

   broken 
  vessel. 
  Grooves 
  encompass 
  it 
  near 
  each 
  end. 
  This 
  is 
  two 
  

   and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  one 
  much 
  like 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Owego. 
  The 
  one 
  figured 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  81 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  notched 
  and 
  grooved 
  handle, 
  with 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  notched 
  rim. 
  The 
  projection 
  and 
  width 
  are 
  each 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  size 
  of 
  handles. 
  Fig. 
  83 
  is 
  

   another 
  broader 
  and 
  heavier 
  handle, 
  being 
  from 
  a 
  heavy 
  vessel 
  found 
  

   by 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  then 
  entire. 
  It 
  was 
  left 
  exposed, 
  broken 
  

   by 
  frost, 
  and 
  carried 
  off 
  in 
  fragments. 
  If 
  circular 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  13J 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  rim. 
  The 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  han- 
  

   d!/e 
  is 
  smooth, 
  and 
  blackened 
  with 
  use. 
  The 
  upper 
  is 
  adorned 
  w'th 
  

   cross 
  grooves. 
  The 
  projection 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  carved 
  handles 
  might 
  be 
  described, 
  and 
  they 
  project 
  from 
  one 
  

   to 
  three 
  inches 
  or 
  more, 
  with 
  a 
  corresponding 
  width. 
  In 
  the 
  Rome 
  

   example^ 
  the 
  projection 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth, 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  two 
  

   and 
  three 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  

  

  STONB 
  PLUMMETS 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  interesting 
  class 
  of 
  stone 
  implements 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  plum- 
  

   mets, 
  which 
  are 
  somewhat 
  local 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  

  

  