﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  85 
  

  

  nent 
  crennlations, 
  and 
  lines 
  of 
  crescent, 
  elliptic 
  and 
  triangular 
  open- 
  

   ings. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  like 
  this. 
  

  

  Three 
  Seneca 
  circular 
  brooches 
  are 
  shown 
  from 
  the 
  Richmond 
  

   collection. 
  Fig. 
  56 
  has 
  a 
  close 
  line 
  of 
  small 
  bosses 
  along 
  the 
  border, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  long 
  quadrilateral 
  openings 
  toward 
  the 
  central 
  

   one, 
  which 
  is 
  both 
  large 
  and 
  angular. 
  Fig. 
  72 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  line 
  

   of 
  bosses. 
  The 
  apertures 
  are 
  elliptic 
  and 
  triangular. 
  Fig. 
  78 
  has 
  

   a 
  simple 
  rim, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  aperture 
  is 
  the 
  central 
  one. 
  On 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  are 
  triangles 
  and 
  other 
  tracery. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  199 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  figure 
  by 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan, 
  showing 
  a 
  

   circular 
  brooch 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  very 
  extreme 
  size. 
  The 
  apertures 
  

   are 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  ellipses, 
  one 
  of 
  large 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  small 
  triangles. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  55 
  was 
  not 
  mentioned 
  among 
  Mrs 
  Converse's 
  circular 
  

   Drooches. 
  The 
  border 
  is 
  broadly 
  crenulated, 
  and 
  13 
  cordate 
  aper- 
  

   tures 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  center. 
  Surface 
  tracery 
  unites 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hearts 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  six 
  pointed 
  star. 
  Her 
  collection 
  comprises 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  rarest 
  forms 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  obtained, 
  and 
  these 
  will 
  successively 
  

   follow, 
  except 
  the 
  Masonic 
  forms. 
  The 
  localities 
  are 
  unimportant 
  

   .and 
  will 
  be 
  omitted. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  92 
  is 
  grotesque 
  and 
  involved. 
  There 
  are 
  animal 
  heads 
  at 
  

   two 
  opposite 
  angles, 
  of 
  no 
  very 
  certain 
  species. 
  The 
  artist 
  may 
  

   have 
  had 
  some 
  native 
  kind 
  in 
  mind, 
  but 
  the 
  surface 
  decoration 
  

   might 
  suggest 
  the 
  leopard 
  and 
  tiger. 
  A 
  grotesque 
  face 
  protrudes 
  

   "beyond 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  buckle, 
  which 
  probably 
  amused 
  the 
  red 
  

   man 
  greatly. 
  Of 
  course 
  heraldic 
  meanings 
  might 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  

   -every 
  point, 
  adding 
  greatly 
  to 
  its 
  poetic 
  charms, 
  but 
  without 
  

   awakening 
  any 
  response 
  in 
  the 
  mind 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  wearer. 
  Fig. 
  99 
  

   •shows 
  an 
  eagle 
  with 
  broadly 
  expanded 
  and 
  conventional 
  tail. 
  One 
  

   wing 
  is 
  naturally 
  raised, 
  the 
  other 
  conventionally, 
  and 
  considerable 
  

   ornament 
  is 
  added. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  dated 
  since 
  the 
  rise 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  republic. 
  Fig. 
  155 
  has 
  its 
  counterpart 
  in 
  the 
  Toronto 
  

   collection; 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  it 
  an 
  extremely 
  con- 
  

   ventionalized 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  as 
  may 
  appear 
  by 
  reversing 
  

   it. 
  

  

  Mrs 
  Converse 
  kindly 
  sent 
  her 
  own 
  interpretation 
  of 
  these 
  

   brooches, 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  tasteful 
  and 
  poetic 
  than 
  the 
  prosaic 
  

  

  