﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  93 
  

  

  What 
  was 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  seems 
  partially 
  true 
  

   of 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  brooch 
  in 
  fig. 
  122. 
  Its 
  Masonic 
  character 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  obscure 
  taken 
  by 
  itself, 
  but 
  a 
  comparison 
  with 
  others 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  plate 
  reveals 
  a 
  strong 
  likeness 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  112 
  shows 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  embossed 
  brooch 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  projections 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  All 
  vary 
  in 
  details 
  and 
  somewhat 
  in 
  

   outline. 
  The 
  simpler 
  forms 
  have 
  a 
  uniformly 
  curved 
  base; 
  others, 
  

   add 
  various 
  ornaments. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  illustrations 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  writer's 
  

   collection. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  large 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  quite 
  abundant. 
  

   Fig. 
  118 
  is 
  highly 
  conventional, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  quite 
  plain. 
  Fig. 
  

   107 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  that 
  has 
  met 
  the 
  writer's 
  eye. 
  It 
  is 
  embossed,, 
  

   and 
  has 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  forms, 
  but 
  the 
  

   base 
  has 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  broad 
  curves 
  between 
  the 
  bosses. 
  Both 
  these 
  

   are 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  all 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  follow. 
  Fig. 
  

   115 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  and 
  rather 
  plain 
  form, 
  with 
  some 
  conventional 
  

   features. 
  The 
  writer 
  obtained 
  four 
  of 
  these 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  like 
  

   them. 
  Fig. 
  121 
  shows 
  the 
  original 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  class 
  more 
  

   plainly, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  neat 
  in 
  design 
  and 
  finish. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  simple 
  

   curve. 
  Fig. 
  123 
  adds 
  the 
  interior 
  bars 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  others, 
  and 
  

   has 
  projections 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Fig. 
  152 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Cattaraugus, 
  

   and 
  is 
  an 
  elegant 
  ornament 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  

   rare 
  feature 
  of 
  red 
  glass 
  neatly 
  set. 
  Fig. 
  159 
  shows 
  one 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  Mrs 
  Converse, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  glass 
  setting 
  near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   base. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  conventional. 
  The 
  glass 
  setting 
  has 
  been 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  in 
  very 
  few. 
  So 
  many 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  remain 
  that 
  the 
  numbers 
  

   must 
  once 
  have 
  been 
  great 
  

  

  One 
  fine 
  and 
  unique 
  article, 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  from 
  an 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  woman, 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  223. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  silver 
  pendant,, 
  

   with 
  a 
  center 
  of 
  green 
  glass 
  of 
  diamond 
  form. 
  The 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  

   pendant 
  are 
  parallel 
  with 
  this, 
  but 
  have 
  broad 
  expansions 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  glass, 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  an 
  equilateral 
  and 
  

   massive 
  cross. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  examples 
  are 
  given 
  of 
  a 
  class 
  once 
  very 
  abundant, 
  and 
  

   much 
  used 
  for 
  adorning 
  ribbons. 
  They 
  differ 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  outline^ 
  

   but 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  details 
  and 
  size. 
  The 
  figures 
  illustrate 
  the 
  larg-est 
  

   and 
  smallest 
  in 
  the 
  writer's 
  collection. 
  They 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  either 
  

   quadrilateral 
  or 
  octagonal, 
  for 
  the 
  broad 
  angles 
  form 
  four 
  short 
  

  

  