﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  79 
  

  

  35 
  plain 
  rings 
  buckled 
  on 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  cloth, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  from 
  the 
  

   neighboring 
  Cattaraugus 
  (Seneca) 
  Indians. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  many 
  

   of 
  various 
  styles 
  of 
  finish, 
  and 
  might 
  easily 
  have 
  had 
  more. 
  In 
  the 
  

   1 
  8th 
  century 
  they 
  were 
  cheap 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  others, 
  and 
  were 
  

   lavishly 
  employed. 
  A 
  few 
  are 
  shown. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  35 
  is 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  the 
  writer 
  obtained 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  

   Fig. 
  38 
  is 
  out 
  of 
  another 
  lot 
  he 
  had 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  These 
  are 
  

   rounded 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  common 
  

   size. 
  Fig. 
  23 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  size 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  and 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  way. 
  Fig. 
  25 
  differs 
  from 
  these 
  in 
  being 
  broader 
  and 
  flat. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  had 
  this 
  also 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  common 
  

   as 
  the 
  last. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  simple 
  forms 
  have 
  some 
  surface 
  orna- 
  

   mentation. 
  Fig. 
  19 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  and 
  is 
  small,, 
  

   elliptic, 
  and 
  has 
  many 
  transverse 
  grooves. 
  Fig. 
  24 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  

   style 
  of 
  ornament, 
  but 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  circular. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  

   example. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  85 
  preserves 
  the 
  circular 
  form, 
  but 
  has 
  broad 
  undulations 
  on 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  three 
  the 
  writer 
  had 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga. 
  Fig. 
  88 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  indentations 
  only 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  in 
  their 
  being 
  separate 
  instead 
  

   of 
  continuous. 
  Fig. 
  90 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  ring, 
  with 
  distinct 
  indentations 
  on 
  

   each 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  surface. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  and 
  rather 
  rare 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  

   91 
  is 
  worked 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  a 
  continuous 
  series 
  of 
  semicircles 
  all 
  

   around 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  surface. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  frequent 
  style 
  now. 
  

   Fig. 
  74 
  has 
  nine 
  bosses 
  on 
  the 
  surface, 
  with 
  intervening 
  cross 
  lines. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  got 
  this 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  has 
  seen 
  none 
  like 
  it. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  46 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  Historical 
  Society 
  by 
  Mrs 
  Van 
  

   Rensselaer, 
  with 
  other 
  fine 
  brooches. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  ring 
  form, 
  but 
  of 
  

   an 
  angular 
  style. 
  At 
  each 
  angle 
  is 
  a 
  boss, 
  the 
  intervening 
  space 
  

   being 
  narrower 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  cross 
  grooves. 
  Fig. 
  73 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  

   character, 
  but 
  the 
  curved 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  bosses 
  have 
  no 
  grooves. 
  

   This 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  reservation. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  20 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  brooches, 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  

   has 
  seen, 
  that 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  the 
  ring 
  brooches 
  or 
  round 
  

   buckles. 
  Small 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  eight 
  small 
  circles 
  adorn 
  the 
  surface. 
  It 
  

   is 
  almost 
  flat, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  grave 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county. 
  

  

  