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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  near 
  Syracuse 
  is 
  of 
  calcareous 
  tufa, 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  outside 
  depth, 
  

   and 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inside. 
  The 
  upper 
  diameters 
  are 
  11 
  and 
  11 
  J, 
  

   with 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  eight 
  inches 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  

   a 
  mortar, 
  but 
  is 
  properly 
  a 
  vessel 
  of 
  another 
  kind. 
  One 
  from 
  Ken- 
  

   daia 
  is 
  a 
  nearly 
  circular 
  pebble, 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  across, 
  

   and 
  excavated 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  A 
  fine 
  circular 
  one 
  is 
  from 
  Pompey 
  

   Center, 
  of 
  limestone, 
  and 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last. 
  It 
  is 
  nine 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  and 
  the 
  depression 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  across. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  

   might 
  be 
  described. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  159 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  cup 
  of 
  dark 
  bluish 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  two 
  

   and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  across. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Hannibal 
  in 
  1875, 
  

   and 
  is 
  unique 
  here, 
  but 
  one 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  Toronto 
  

   collection, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  this 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  cir- 
  

   cular, 
  and 
  the 
  shallow 
  bowl 
  is 
  neatly 
  curved 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   These 
  two 
  examples 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  proofs 
  of 
  the 
  close 
  relations 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  and 
  Canada 
  in 
  prehistoric 
  times. 
  

  

  Most 
  cups 
  are 
  of 
  ruder 
  form, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  symmetrical. 
  

   Fig. 
  160 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  soapstone, 
  with 
  one 
  side 
  raised. 
  

   It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  across 
  the 
  long 
  diameter, 
  and 
  

   comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River, 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  similar 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  163 
  

   is 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  found 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  an 
  earthwork 
  in 
  Elbridge, 
  and 
  made 
  

   of 
  brown 
  sandstone. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  

   one 
  side 
  is 
  deeper 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  A 
  paint 
  dish 
  or 
  bowl, 
  four 
  and 
  

   one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  two 
  deep, 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   River. 
  A 
  small 
  stone 
  ball 
  was 
  in 
  it. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  examples, 
  but 
  

   of 
  no 
  special 
  importance. 
  

  

  DOUBLE-EDGED 
  SL.ATE 
  KNIVES 
  

  

  A 
  class 
  of 
  polished 
  slate 
  knives 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  Canada, 
  

   has 
  long 
  had 
  the 
  local 
  name 
  of 
  slate 
  arrows, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  but 
  little 
  

   known 
  to 
  archaeologists 
  in 
  general. 
  They 
  closely 
  resemble 
  but 
  are 
  

   not 
  generally 
  identical 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  slate 
  knives 
  of 
  the 
  Point 
  

   Barrow 
  Eskimo, 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  ninth 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology. 
  Those 
  figured 
  in 
  that 
  volume 
  have 
  no 
  barbs, 
  

   and 
  these 
  are 
  a 
  common 
  but 
  not 
  invariable 
  feature 
  of 
  these 
  New 
  

   York 
  knives. 
  The 
  grinding 
  and 
  provisions 
  for 
  hafting 
  are 
  identical. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  suggestive 
  similarities 
  between 
  several 
  Iroquois 
  articles 
  

  

  