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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  handsome 
  ornament 
  of 
  variously 
  colored 
  beads 
  was 
  also 
  

   plowed 
  up 
  on 
  Indian 
  hill 
  in 
  Pompey 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  The 
  beads 
  

   were 
  kept 
  in 
  place 
  by 
  the 
  brass 
  wire 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  strung. 
  

   There 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  circle 
  of 
  these, 
  with 
  several 
  pendants 
  of 
  beads 
  

   attached. 
  In 
  1902 
  the 
  writer 
  found 
  there 
  other 
  glass 
  beads, 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  on 
  brass 
  wire. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  224 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  open 
  heart 
  of 
  brass 
  wire 
  from 
  Fort 
  Plain. 
  A 
  

   wire 
  loop 
  is 
  soldered 
  in 
  the 
  angle 
  above. 
  Fig. 
  225 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  cop- 
  

   per 
  pendant, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  plains 
  near 
  Rome 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Of 
  this 
  

   two 
  views 
  are 
  given. 
  The 
  disk 
  below 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  ring 
  in 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   loop 
  above. 
  This 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century, 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  

   the 
  1 
  8th. 
  

  

  Of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  date 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  brass 
  ornament 
  in 
  Mr 
  Stanford's 
  

   collection, 
  3J 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  i-J 
  wide. 
  The 
  upper 
  half 
  is 
  lyre- 
  

   shaped 
  and 
  open; 
  the 
  lower 
  open 
  and 
  circular, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  projection 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Both 
  halves 
  form 
  one 
  piece. 
  In 
  the 
  openings 
  hang 
  

   open, 
  six 
  pointed 
  stars, 
  nearly 
  filling 
  the 
  space. 
  Fig. 
  395 
  shows 
  

   this. 
  It 
  suggests 
  an 
  ornament 
  from 
  harness. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  285 
  is 
  from 
  Indian 
  castle 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  and 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  piece 
  of 
  brass, 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  and 
  terminating 
  

   in 
  a 
  trefoil 
  at 
  the 
  broader 
  end. 
  Near 
  that 
  end 
  is 
  an 
  elliptic 
  per- 
  

   foration, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  for 
  attachment 
  or 
  suspension, 
  but 
  

   probably 
  the 
  former. 
  Fig. 
  380 
  is 
  a 
  broader 
  article 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind, 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  The 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  trefoil 
  are 
  rounder, 
  and 
  

   the 
  perforation 
  is 
  circular, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  cases. 
  Still 
  another 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  In 
  every 
  case 
  meeting 
  the 
  writer's 
  eye, 
  the 
  

   base 
  has 
  been 
  broken. 
  

  

  The 
  Onondaga 
  specimens 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  worn 
  in 
  the 
  hair 
  or 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  dress, 
  being 
  straight. 
  Mr 
  Stanford's 
  specimens, 
  at 
  

   Munnsville, 
  require 
  a 
  different 
  view. 
  In 
  two 
  of 
  these, 
  longer 
  than 
  

   those 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  abruptly 
  bent 
  upward. 
  Each 
  of 
  

   these 
  is 
  about 
  4J 
  inches 
  long. 
  A 
  third 
  is 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  char- 
  

   acter, 
  and 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  in 
  a 
  direct 
  line. 
  Two 
  

   abrupt 
  curves 
  make 
  the 
  actual 
  length 
  much 
  greater. 
  Viewed 
  from 
  

   the 
  side, 
  it 
  suggests 
  the 
  curved 
  handle 
  of 
  an 
  old-fashioned 
  door- 
  

   latch, 
  or 
  the 
  handles 
  sometimes 
  used 
  with 
  shawl 
  straps. 
  About 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  this 
  curve 
  it 
  is 
  nearly 
  J 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  

   little 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  an 
  ornamental 
  handle 
  of 
  some 
  kind. 
  The 
  

   others 
  may 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  secondary 
  use 
  after 
  being 
  broken. 
  

  

  