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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  405 
  has 
  notches 
  along* 
  one 
  edge, 
  and 
  some 
  good 
  tracery. 
  Fig. 
  410 
  

   is 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  fluting 
  and 
  tracery 
  are 
  somewhat 
  different. 
  

   The 
  former 
  has 
  the 
  central 
  lines 
  in 
  scallops, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  they 
  

   cross. 
  Fig. 
  406 
  to 
  409 
  have 
  no 
  tracery, 
  but 
  are 
  simply 
  fluted. 
  

   According 
  to 
  the 
  writer's 
  notes, 
  the 
  figures 
  are 
  rather 
  deep 
  for 
  the 
  

   size. 
  With 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  § 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  they 
  should 
  

   be 
  about 
  2\ 
  inches 
  across, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  special 
  importance. 
  The 
  

   form 
  and 
  style 
  are 
  well 
  represented. 
  

  

  Brass 
  tubes 
  in 
  leather 
  belts 
  

  

  Brereton's 
  account 
  (1602) 
  of 
  the 
  belts 
  and 
  collars, 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   New 
  England 
  Indians 
  and 
  made 
  of 
  hollow 
  copper 
  cylinders 
  arranged 
  

   side 
  by 
  side 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  quoted. 
  That 
  these 
  were 
  of 
  European 
  

   metal 
  is 
  now 
  almost 
  certain, 
  though 
  he 
  thought 
  them 
  native. 
  The 
  

   arrows 
  described 
  are 
  like 
  those 
  on 
  recent 
  New 
  York 
  sites. 
  The 
  

   copper 
  plates, 
  so 
  called, 
  are 
  like 
  others 
  of 
  brass 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  tubes 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  ornamental 
  belt 
  is 
  one 
  familiar 
  in 
  

   western 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  skeleton 
  found 
  at 
  Fall 
  River 
  Mass. 
  had 
  

   similar 
  articles, 
  one 
  being 
  a 
  brass 
  plate 
  13 
  inches 
  long, 
  arrows 
  pre- 
  

   cisely 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  17th 
  century, 
  and 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  

   brass 
  tubes, 
  each 
  4J 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  belt. 
  

   These 
  were 
  not 
  arranged 
  on 
  leather, 
  as 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  on 
  pieces 
  

   of 
  sinew, 
  being 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  our 
  tubes. 
  

  

  Capt. 
  John 
  G. 
  Bourke 
  described 
  a 
  similar 
  ornament 
  of 
  tubes, 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  not 
  arranged 
  as 
  a 
  belt: 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  ancient 
  grave 
  excavated 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Salem, 
  Massachusetts, 
  

   in 
  1873, 
  were 
  found 
  five 
  skeletons, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  Nanephasemet, 
  who 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  1605 
  or 
  1606. 
  

   He 
  was 
  the 
  king 
  of 
  Namkeak. 
  On 
  the 
  breast 
  of 
  this 
  skeleton 
  were 
  

   discovered 
  several 
  small 
  copper 
  tubes 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length, 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  eighth 
  to 
  one 
  fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   made 
  of 
  copper 
  rolled 
  up, 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  lapped. 
  Bourke, 
  p. 
  494 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  grave 
  in 
  Caldwell 
  county, 
  N. 
  C, 
  were 
  similar 
  articles, 
  but 
  

   they 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  strung 
  as 
  pendants 
  for 
  the 
  ears. 
  There 
  

   were 
  five 
  copper 
  cylinders, 
  1^ 
  to 
  4! 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  from 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   to 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  strung 
  on 
  leather. 
  They 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  

   thin 
  strips 
  of 
  metal, 
  rolled 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  edges 
  met 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  joint. 
  

  

  