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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  County, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  broken, 
  has 
  a 
  lateral 
  perforation, 
  a 
  frequent 
  

   feature 
  for 
  a 
  secondary 
  use 
  of 
  ornamental 
  stones, 
  allowing 
  them 
  to 
  

   be 
  suspended 
  as 
  decorations. 
  The 
  edges 
  are 
  also 
  notched, 
  a 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  feature 
  of 
  amulets, 
  perhaps 
  as 
  a 
  record. 
  The 
  remaining 
  part 
  

   of 
  this 
  is 
  three 
  inches 
  long. 
  One 
  from 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Reservation 
  

   was 
  worn 
  as 
  a 
  decoration 
  by 
  an 
  Indian 
  girl, 
  being 
  suspended 
  by 
  a 
  

   string 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  secondary 
  lateral 
  perforation. 
  This 
  

   amulet 
  is 
  of 
  green 
  slate, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  broken, 
  having 
  lost 
  the 
  bill 
  

   or 
  nose. 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  

   eighths 
  high. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  is 
  of 
  

   unusual 
  form. 
  The 
  ears 
  are 
  elliptic, 
  slightly 
  raised 
  but 
  not 
  stemmed,, 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  shallow 
  groove 
  in 
  each. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  high. 
  Another, 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  slate, 
  was 
  found 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  has 
  projecting 
  

   ears. 
  This 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  

   high. 
  Still 
  another, 
  of 
  this 
  material^ 
  is 
  from 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  County, 
  

   and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  high 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   long. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  high 
  for 
  its 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  upright, 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  a 
  rare 
  feature. 
  One 
  of 
  light 
  green 
  slate, 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  

   is 
  quite 
  thin, 
  and 
  had 
  small 
  projecting 
  ears, 
  orje 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  dis- 
  

   appeared. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  low, 
  and 
  the 
  amulet 
  is 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  

   one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  high. 
  Many 
  broken 
  amulets 
  might 
  be 
  de- 
  

   scribed, 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  interesting 
  peculiarities. 
  One 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  

   from 
  Cayuga 
  County, 
  has 
  a 
  lateral 
  perforation 
  and 
  an 
  unusually 
  

   long 
  neck. 
  A 
  water 
  worn 
  one, 
  from 
  the 
  beach 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  Lake, 
  

   has 
  a 
  rounded 
  tail, 
  and 
  a 
  groove 
  across 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  bar 
  amulets 
  are 
  few 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  

   the 
  others, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  apparently 
  all 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  All 
  

   have 
  the 
  terminal 
  basal 
  perforations, 
  and 
  usually 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   raised 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  Fig. 
  147 
  represents 
  the 
  typical 
  

   form. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  River. 
  This 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  three 
  

   fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide 
  and 
  high. 
  It 
  is 
  slightly 
  elevated 
  and 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  ends. 
  Of 
  course 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  specially 
  

  

  