﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
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  eight 
  large 
  circular 
  openings. 
  Fig. 
  Jj 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  plainest 
  kind. 
  

   The 
  edge 
  is 
  simple, 
  and 
  a 
  star 
  appears 
  in 
  tracery 
  on 
  the 
  otherwise 
  

   plain 
  surface. 
  Fig. 
  79 
  is 
  a 
  pretty 
  brooch 
  with 
  broadly 
  undulated 
  

   edge. 
  There 
  are 
  eight 
  pyriform 
  apertures, 
  but 
  the 
  graceful 
  tracery 
  

   gives 
  a 
  pleasant 
  effect. 
  Fig. 
  89 
  is 
  of 
  unusual 
  character. 
  Small 
  

   bosses 
  appear 
  at 
  intervals 
  around 
  the 
  otherwise 
  plain 
  edge, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  circle 
  of 
  apertures 
  of 
  the 
  indented 
  shield 
  form. 
  The 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  decorations 
  are 
  small 
  circles 
  and 
  dots. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  in 
  print 
  the 
  writer 
  obtained 
  a 
  fine 
  circular 
  

   brooch 
  4J 
  inches 
  across, 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  heavy 
  as 
  the 
  La 
  Fort 
  star. 
  It 
  

   has 
  23 
  obtuse 
  points, 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  diamond 
  perforations, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  

   shield 
  form 
  apertures, 
  and 
  delicate 
  tracery. 
  It 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   Senecas. 
  Some 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  noted 
  but 
  not 
  figured 
  here. 
  

  

  Besides 
  his 
  own 
  circular 
  brooches 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  selected 
  

   above, 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  figured 
  many 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Indians 
  there, 
  

   or 
  in 
  those 
  of 
  friends 
  who 
  have 
  since 
  parted 
  with 
  them. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   these 
  will 
  follow, 
  simply 
  credited 
  to 
  Onondaga. 
  Fig. 
  26 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  

   example 
  of 
  these. 
  It 
  has 
  large 
  bosses 
  on 
  the 
  edge, 
  with 
  double 
  

   crenulations 
  between 
  them; 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  border 
  is 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  cordate 
  

   and 
  triangular 
  apertures, 
  with 
  openings 
  between 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  

   heart-shaped 
  opening 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  Fig. 
  28 
  is 
  another 
  large 
  

   brooch 
  with 
  crenulated 
  edges 
  and 
  many 
  perforations. 
  A 
  double 
  

   row 
  of 
  these, 
  of 
  triangular 
  form, 
  gives 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  central 
  star. 
  

   Fig. 
  30 
  is 
  about 
  halt 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  common 
  

   crenulated 
  edge. 
  The 
  apertures 
  are 
  lines 
  of 
  crescents, 
  circles 
  and 
  

   triangles. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  36 
  is 
  quite 
  small, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  crenulated 
  edge. 
  The 
  only 
  

   decoration 
  is 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  small 
  circles 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  Fig. 
  40 
  has 
  

   broad 
  crenulations. 
  The 
  apertures 
  are 
  semicircular 
  and 
  quadrilat- 
  

   eral. 
  Fig. 
  45 
  has 
  also 
  broad 
  crenulations. 
  One 
  line 
  of 
  ellipses 
  is 
  

   parallel 
  with 
  the 
  edge; 
  the 
  others 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  center. 
  This 
  has 
  

   less 
  tracery 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  Fig. 
  57 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form. 
  Every 
  third 
  

   crenulation 
  slightly 
  projects, 
  giving 
  the 
  border 
  an 
  angular 
  appear- 
  

   ance, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  six 
  circular 
  apertures 
  besides 
  the 
  central 
  one. 
  

   The 
  tracery 
  is 
  tasteful. 
  Fig. 
  j6 
  has 
  a 
  crenulated 
  border 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  

   of 
  elliptic 
  apertures. 
  

  

  