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lish or Dutch manufacture at first. Those made by the Virginia 

 Indians were almost an inch across and one third of an inch thick, 

 illustrating the advantage of better tools in making larger orna- 

 ments by their comparative rudeness 



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Pendants. Pendants made from spiral shells are not common. 

 Fig. 15 is of one found on a village site near Baldwinsville by the 

 writer, and closely resembles one from Florida, figured as a sinker, 

 by Dr Rau. The outer whorl has been cut away and the lip 

 notched. A groove has also been made for suspension. Fig. 16 

 has been worked still more, forming a groove at each end. This 

 is from Brewerton. Fig. 12 is less changed, but is perforated at 

 the base for suspension. It was found by Dr A. A. Getman of 

 Chaumont, at a camp near St Lawrence village. All these are pre- 

 historic, but the first may be 350 years old. Fig. 28 is of a fossil 

 bivalve from Seneca county^ and the beak is perforated for suspen- 

 sion. Fig. 114 is an olive shell pierced for use. This and a much 

 larger one were found in a stone grave near Beaver lake, a little 

 west of Baldwinsville. Three large spearheads were with them, and 

 all must have been quite old. Fig. 124 is a disk pendant from 

 Honeoye Falls. Fig. 44 to 56 are mostly pendants figured in 

 Schoonmaker's History of Kingston. They are probably reduced, 

 and may have been about the size of two similar articles in fig. 166. 

 and 168, which are from Honeoye Falls. Fig. 149a is a pendant 

 from the Onondaga fort of 1696, as given by Schoolcraft. Fig. 

 144a is a doubly perforated and grooved ornament from Honeoye 

 Falls, and was probably a pendant. Fig. 80 is from Cayuga, and 

 its use is more doubtful. Most of the 10 countersunk indentations 

 end in a small perforation, and it is also grooved. Fig. 64 is a 

 shell cross from Pompey. There are dots at the ends of the arms, 

 and others in the form of a cross. These were encircled with small 

 rings, now worn away. It is in the Bigelow collection. 



The Cayugas used pieces of turtle shell for pendants. Fig. 148 

 and 149 are of that material, and came from Union Springs. Fig. 

 153 has but one perforation instead of two, and was found with 



