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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  general 
  resemblance 
  and 
  were 
  found 
  within 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  

   miles. 
  In 
  the 
  last 
  drilling 
  was 
  commenced 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  point. 
  

  

  A 
  finished 
  half 
  circular 
  banner 
  stone 
  from 
  Cazenovia, 
  of 
  olive 
  

   slate, 
  has 
  one 
  wing 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  

   fourths 
  inches 
  broad 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  deep. 
  Another 
  half 
  

   circular 
  one 
  of 
  dark 
  grey 
  slate, 
  thick 
  and 
  unpolished, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  two 
  deep. 
  A 
  

   reel-shaped 
  onejrom 
  the 
  same 
  river, 
  is 
  grooved 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  and 
  

   one 
  side 
  is 
  deeper 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  

   three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  wide 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  deep. 
  

   The 
  orifice 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  size. 
  

  

  Perfect 
  banner 
  stones 
  of 
  pick 
  and 
  crescent 
  forms 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  near 
  Cayuga, 
  Canandaigua 
  and 
  Seneca 
  lakes, 
  and 
  in 
  Jefiferson 
  

   County. 
  They 
  are 
  rare 
  along 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  

   found 
  there. 
  A 
  large 
  unfinished 
  one 
  is 
  from 
  Seneca 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  

   seven 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  wide. 
  A 
  still 
  larger 
  unfinished 
  one 
  is 
  from 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  and 
  is 
  nine 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  wide, 
  with 
  quite 
  

   oblique 
  wings. 
  

  

  One 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  double 
  crescent 
  form, 
  with 
  four 
  horns, 
  has 
  been 
  

   reported, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  broken. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  

   and 
  was 
  originally 
  six 
  by 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  

   Oswego 
  County. 
  This 
  rare 
  and 
  beautiful 
  form 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  

   Canada 
  and 
  Ohio. 
  A 
  pick 
  or 
  hatchet 
  form, 
  quite 
  angular, 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Sullivan 
  County, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  variegated 
  soapstone, 
  thin 
  and 
  

   polished. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  wide. 
  

  

  Several 
  banner 
  stones 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Owego, 
  in 
  Tioga 
  

   County, 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  unfinished 
  one 
  has 
  lately 
  been 
  described, 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  found 
  in 
  Ellington, 
  Chautauqua 
  County. 
  It 
  shows 
  a 
  core 
  

   where 
  drilling 
  was 
  commenced, 
  but 
  is 
  nearly 
  half 
  circular 
  in 
  form, 
  

   instead 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  those 
  already 
  described. 
  A 
  curious 
  article, 
  sug- 
  

   gestive 
  of 
  banner 
  stones, 
  is 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  where 
  several 
  have 
  

   been 
  found, 
  made 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone. 
  They 
  are 
  nearly 
  circular, 
  

   flat 
  and 
  notched, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  rough 
  ridge 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  from 
  one 
  

   indentation 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  diameter 
  is 
  four 
  inches, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   unique. 
  The 
  abundance 
  of 
  banner 
  stones 
  may 
  be 
  inferred 
  from 
  the 
  

   selected 
  examples 
  given. 
  

  

  