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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Some 
  Indian 
  chiefs 
  have 
  been 
  represented 
  wearing 
  the 
  triple 
  cross,, 
  

   but 
  otherwise 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  reported 
  and 
  figured 
  is 
  Mr 
  Wyman's. 
  

   The 
  central 
  bar 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  limbs- 
  

   are 
  foliated. 
  Tasteful 
  open 
  work 
  adds 
  to 
  the 
  effect, 
  but 
  the 
  general 
  

   character 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  similar 
  double 
  crosses. 
  This 
  form 
  has 
  been 
  

   called 
  the 
  pontifical, 
  but 
  is 
  purely 
  ornamental 
  in 
  design. 
  The 
  figure 
  

   furnished 
  is 
  3! 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  nearly 
  2\ 
  in 
  the 
  widest 
  part. 
  Like 
  

   his 
  others, 
  this 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  Michigan 
  grave. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Wyman 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  fine 
  silver 
  double 
  cross, 
  4J 
  inches 
  long 
  

   and 
  2.\ 
  broad, 
  with 
  a 
  ring 
  for 
  suspension. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  broad, 
  and 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  limbs 
  foliated, 
  the 
  upper 
  crossbar 
  being 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  lower. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  feature. 
  Crosses 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  and 
  size 
  

   have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  many 
  places, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  several. 
  Fig. 
  207 
  is 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  from 
  the 
  Rose 
  hill 
  farm, 
  east 
  of 
  Geneva, 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  actual 
  size. 
  Though 
  made 
  for 
  suspension, 
  the 
  broad 
  

   base 
  would 
  allow 
  a 
  standing 
  position. 
  These 
  are 
  like 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   crosses 
  mentioned 
  above. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  203 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  several 
  from 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  reservation,, 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  writer. 
  They 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   slightly 
  different 
  form. 
  The 
  Indian 
  owner 
  had 
  over 
  a 
  dozen 
  of 
  

   these, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  common 
  among 
  western 
  Indians. 
  Fig. 
  201 
  

   is 
  a 
  cross 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mrs 
  Converse, 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  pattern, 
  but 
  with 
  surface 
  tracery. 
  There 
  

   were 
  earlier 
  double 
  crucifixes 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  form 
  from 
  which 
  

   the 
  merely 
  ornamental 
  cross 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  derived. 
  There 
  was 
  

   a 
  small 
  ring 
  for 
  suspension, 
  now 
  usually 
  lacking. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  212 
  is 
  an 
  ornamental 
  double 
  cross 
  with 
  several 
  openings. 
  

   All 
  the 
  limbs 
  are 
  foliated, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  ring 
  for 
  suspension. 
  The 
  

   general 
  character 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Mr 
  Wyman's 
  triple 
  cross, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   smaller. 
  The 
  writer 
  had 
  this 
  from 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  squaw, 
  from 
  whom 
  

   a 
  friend 
  obtained 
  its 
  counterpart. 
  The 
  form 
  seems 
  rare, 
  and 
  both 
  

   sides 
  are 
  ornamented. 
  

  

  Small 
  silver 
  Roman 
  crosses 
  seem 
  much 
  rarer, 
  and 
  none 
  have 
  been 
  

   reported 
  perfectly 
  plain. 
  Fig. 
  206 
  is 
  of 
  one 
  with 
  scalloped 
  edges, 
  

   from 
  East 
  Cayuga, 
  a 
  site 
  occupied 
  150 
  years 
  ago. 
  Fig. 
  202 
  is 
  of 
  

   another 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  bought 
  of 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  Indian 
  in 
  1901. 
  

  

  