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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  with 
  extended 
  arms, 
  and 
  a 
  halo 
  above 
  the 
  head. 
  If 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  

   crucifixion, 
  the 
  cross 
  does 
  not 
  appear. 
  

  

  All 
  those 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  paragraph 
  have 
  been 
  recently- 
  

   gathered 
  from 
  this 
  old 
  town 
  whence 
  hundreds 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  

   before. 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  said 
  that 
  De 
  Witt 
  Clinton 
  had 
  a 
  gold 
  finger 
  ring^ 
  

   from 
  this 
  place, 
  procured 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  visit. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  339 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  writer 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Rufus 
  A. 
  Grider, 
  but 
  

   the 
  design 
  is 
  somewhat 
  indistinct. 
  A 
  medium 
  sized 
  heart 
  appears 
  

   above 
  the 
  usual 
  base, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  figures. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  valley, 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  mission 
  sites 
  have 
  yielded 
  many. 
  The 
  

   writer 
  regrets 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  given 
  more 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  

   class 
  of 
  articles, 
  in 
  visiting 
  several 
  notable 
  collections, 
  but 
  time 
  

   would 
  not 
  allow 
  of 
  this. 
  Though 
  of 
  small 
  size 
  each 
  one 
  has 
  minute 
  

   details 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  preserved, 
  and 
  much 
  time 
  is 
  often 
  required 
  to- 
  

   make 
  out 
  the 
  design 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  corrosion. 
  A 
  great 
  many, 
  quite 
  

   distinct 
  and 
  as 
  full 
  of 
  interest, 
  could 
  doubtless 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  those 
  

   here 
  portrayed. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  364 
  is 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  a 
  novel 
  ring. 
  A 
  coil 
  of 
  iron 
  wire- 
  

   several 
  times 
  encircled 
  a 
  finger, 
  preserving 
  the 
  bone 
  and 
  as 
  much 
  

   of 
  the 
  flesh 
  as 
  came 
  in. 
  contact. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Fleming. 
  Fig- 
  

   368 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  coil 
  of 
  copper 
  wire 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  ring.. 
  

   This 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Brewerton 
  by 
  Dr 
  Hinsdale. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  made 
  silver 
  fashionable, 
  bronze 
  rings 
  disap- 
  

   peared, 
  and 
  for 
  two 
  centuries 
  their 
  silver 
  successors 
  have 
  fairly 
  well' 
  

   held 
  their 
  place. 
  They 
  have 
  disappeared 
  more 
  by 
  being 
  worn 
  out 
  

   than 
  through 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  fashion, 
  none 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  many 
  

   years. 
  Fig. 
  363 
  shows 
  one 
  the 
  writer 
  bought 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  Oneida 
  

   woman. 
  The 
  general 
  form 
  is 
  well 
  preserved, 
  but, 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  

   ornamental 
  details, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  worn 
  away. 
  Mrs 
  Converse 
  was 
  

   fortunate 
  in 
  getting 
  two 
  fine 
  examples 
  here 
  illustrated 
  from 
  her 
  

   drawings. 
  Fig. 
  360 
  has 
  two 
  hands 
  clasped 
  over 
  a 
  heart. 
  Fig. 
  361 
  

   has 
  two 
  hearts 
  united. 
  The 
  symbolism 
  is 
  evident 
  in 
  both 
  cases,, 
  

   though 
  the 
  Indians 
  possibly 
  may 
  have 
  cared 
  little 
  for 
  this. 
  Fig. 
  

   362 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  silver 
  ring 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen, 
  and, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  worn 
  only 
  on 
  great 
  occasions, 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  fine 
  preservation. 
  It 
  was 
  

  

  