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  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  8l 
  

  

  very 
  fine, 
  but 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  essentially 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   where 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  probably 
  made. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  12 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  plain 
  star 
  of 
  12 
  rays, 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  had 
  

   from 
  the 
  Allegany 
  reservation. 
  Fig. 
  16 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  star 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  reservation. 
  It 
  has 
  14 
  quite 
  short 
  embossed 
  rays. 
  Fig. 
  13 
  is 
  

   a 
  fine 
  star 
  with 
  eight 
  broad 
  rays 
  and 
  bosses, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   Historical 
  Society. 
  Fig. 
  14 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Richmond 
  collection 
  and 
  is 
  

   quite 
  peculiar. 
  The 
  central 
  perforation 
  is 
  quite 
  large, 
  and 
  the 
  12 
  

   long 
  rays 
  terminate 
  in 
  circular 
  points, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  embossed. 
  

   The 
  surface 
  decoration 
  is 
  simple. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Seneca 
  

   brooches 
  in 
  this 
  collection. 
  

  

  Mrs 
  Harriet 
  Maxwell 
  Converse 
  secured 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  interesting 
  

   collection 
  of 
  brooches, 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  now 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  

   writer 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  her 
  for 
  figures 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  these, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   which 
  will 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  paper. 
  Fig. 
  22 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  circular 
  brooch, 
  

   with 
  a 
  plain 
  rim 
  and 
  an 
  included 
  star 
  with 
  embossed 
  points. 
  Both 
  

   the 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  spaces 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  show 
  perforations. 
  The 
  

   star 
  has 
  12 
  rays. 
  This 
  fine 
  brooch 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  rare 
  type. 
  The 
  three 
  

   following 
  are 
  also 
  Mrs 
  Converse's. 
  Fig. 
  32 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  circular. 
  

   The 
  16 
  projecting 
  bosses 
  have 
  incurved 
  edges 
  between 
  them, 
  and 
  

   the 
  slightly 
  convex 
  surface 
  is 
  finely 
  ornamented 
  with 
  perforations 
  

   and 
  tracery. 
  The 
  circular 
  brooches 
  have 
  raised 
  centers 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  

   Fig. 
  48 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  and 
  peculiar 
  brooch. 
  Included 
  in 
  the 
  edge 
  

   are 
  16 
  very 
  small 
  bosses, 
  with 
  convex 
  edges 
  between 
  them. 
  The 
  

   perforations 
  are 
  of 
  an 
  unusual 
  form, 
  and 
  the 
  tracery 
  of 
  a 
  rare 
  char- 
  

   acter. 
  Fig. 
  61 
  has 
  a 
  broadly 
  undulated 
  edge, 
  and 
  the 
  border 
  decora- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  type. 
  Mrs 
  Converse 
  died 
  Nov. 
  18, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  18 
  the 
  writer 
  obtained 
  at 
  Onondaga. 
  It 
  has 
  24 
  projecting 
  

   bosses 
  on 
  the 
  plain 
  circular 
  edge. 
  There 
  are 
  circular, 
  semicircular 
  

   and 
  elliptic 
  perforations 
  and 
  some 
  tracery. 
  About 
  two 
  dozen 
  follow 
  

   which 
  the 
  writer 
  had 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  All 
  which 
  succeed 
  are 
  

   circular 
  till 
  otherwise 
  distinguished. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  27 
  has 
  a 
  crenulated 
  edge 
  and 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  nearly 
  semi- 
  

   circular 
  perforations. 
  Fig. 
  29 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  border, 
  and 
  semicircular, 
  

   elliptic 
  and 
  triangular 
  openings. 
  Fig. 
  33 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  edge, 
  two 
  

   rows 
  of 
  semicircular 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  elliptic 
  perforations. 
  Fig. 
  34 
  is 
  

  

  