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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  No 
  brooches 
  are 
  more 
  effective 
  than 
  those 
  having 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  

   star, 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  many 
  figures 
  and 
  

   examples 
  of 
  these. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  flat, 
  but 
  fig. 
  I 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  

   convex 
  surface. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  size, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  heart-shaped 
  

   opening 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  20 
  short 
  embossed 
  rays. 
  They 
  never 
  

   have 
  sharp 
  points, 
  as 
  these 
  would 
  be 
  inconvenient. 
  This 
  came 
  

   from 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  reservation. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  highly 
  ornamented 
  

   than 
  most 
  of 
  these. 
  Fig. 
  2 
  shows 
  a 
  fine 
  star 
  brooch, 
  with 
  eight 
  

   rays 
  and 
  an 
  ornamented 
  surface. 
  This 
  the 
  writer 
  had 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3 
  is 
  another 
  Cattaraugus 
  star 
  brooch, 
  with 
  16 
  short 
  embossed 
  

   rays. 
  It 
  is 
  otherwise 
  perfectly 
  plain. 
  Fig. 
  5 
  is 
  another 
  from 
  Cattar- 
  

   augus, 
  with 
  eight 
  rays. 
  The 
  writer 
  obtained 
  three 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  they 
  

   are 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  he 
  has 
  seen. 
  They 
  were 
  probably 
  used 
  

   on 
  ribbons. 
  For 
  its 
  size 
  this 
  is 
  well 
  ornamented. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4 
  is 
  a 
  fine, 
  large 
  star 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  with 
  12 
  embossed 
  rays. 
  

   In 
  the 
  figure 
  dark 
  spaces 
  show 
  all 
  the 
  perforations 
  except 
  the 
  central 
  

   one. 
  Fig. 
  6 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  star 
  brooch 
  from 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  reservation, 
  

   with 
  seven 
  rays. 
  The 
  surface 
  decoration 
  is 
  simple. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  five 
  the 
  writer 
  obtained 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  Fig. 
  7 
  is 
  a 
  

   star 
  of 
  13 
  rays 
  with 
  a 
  well 
  ornamented 
  surface. 
  Fig. 
  8 
  has 
  12 
  rays, 
  

   and 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  simpler. 
  Fig. 
  9 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  prettiest 
  he 
  

   has 
  found. 
  The 
  edges 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  nine 
  embossed 
  rays 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   concave, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  ornaments 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  correspond. 
  Fig. 
  

   10 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  he 
  has 
  obtained 
  or 
  seen. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  thick, 
  has 
  12 
  

   embossed 
  rays, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  neatly 
  adorned. 
  The 
  full 
  width 
  

   is 
  over 
  3^ 
  inches. 
  This 
  fine 
  ornament 
  belonged 
  to 
  Chief 
  Abram 
  

   La 
  Fort, 
  or 
  Te-hat-kah-tous, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  1848. 
  Fig. 
  15 
  has 
  12 
  

   embossed 
  rays 
  and 
  neat 
  surface 
  decorations. 
  Fig. 
  49 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  

   Onondaga, 
  and 
  has 
  12 
  short 
  rays. 
  This 
  belonged 
  to 
  Miss 
  Reming- 
  

   ton, 
  once 
  employed 
  in 
  mission 
  work 
  there. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  11 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  star 
  in 
  the 
  writer's 
  collection, 
  sent 
  him 
  by 
  

   Dr 
  C. 
  B. 
  Tweedale, 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  in 
  Huron 
  

   county, 
  Ont., 
  Canada. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  plain 
  surface 
  and 
  eight 
  embossed 
  

   rays. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  many 
  drawings 
  of 
  Canadian 
  brooches, 
  some 
  

  

  