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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  forming 
  a 
  double 
  scraper, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  rare 
  feature. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  

   but 
  one 
  inch. 
  A 
  handsome 
  one 
  of 
  brownish, 
  banded 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  comes 
  from 
  Baldwinsville. 
  Fig. 
  185 
  repre- 
  

   sents 
  this. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  uniform 
  thickness, 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  but 
  is 
  

   peculiar 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  concave 
  and 
  convex 
  surface, 
  with 
  the 
  scraper 
  

   edge 
  beveled 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  to 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  186 
  is 
  a 
  long, 
  leaf-shaped 
  scraper 
  or 
  knife 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  found 
  

   near 
  the 
  rifts 
  south 
  of 
  Three 
  River 
  Point. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  suggests 
  a 
  long 
  knife, 
  but 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  long 
  

   flakings 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  to 
  meet 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  bevel 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  around. 
  It 
  is 
  moderately 
  thin, 
  and 
  very 
  much 
  twisted. 
  

   Several 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  and 
  size 
  occur, 
  with 
  many 
  variations, 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  would 
  serve 
  for 
  knives 
  almost 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  scrapers, 
  although 
  having 
  

   the 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  187 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  scrapers, 
  in 
  material 
  and 
  form 
  

   almost 
  identical 
  with 
  some 
  knives, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  edge. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  lus- 
  

   trous 
  brownish 
  grey 
  flint, 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   widest 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  whence 
  it 
  tapers 
  almost 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  either 
  end. 
  

   This 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  The 
  greatest 
  width 
  is 
  one 
  inch, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  that 
  in 
  thickness. 
  

  

  Quartz 
  scrapers 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  One 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  one 
  

   and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  is 
  triangular, 
  and 
  like 
  others 
  with 
  

   that 
  outline, 
  is 
  much 
  the 
  thickest 
  at 
  the 
  broad 
  scraper 
  end. 
  Fine 
  leaf 
  

   or 
  rather 
  often 
  triangular 
  forms, 
  however, 
  occur 
  in 
  common 
  or 
  light 
  

   grey 
  flints. 
  Fig. 
  188 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  

   dark 
  blue 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  very 
  evenly 
  beveled 
  around 
  and 
  

   near 
  the 
  end. 
  The 
  lateral 
  edges 
  are 
  sharp, 
  as 
  though 
  intended 
  for 
  

   cutting, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  without 
  a 
  handle, 
  if 
  desired, 
  

   it 
  probably 
  combined 
  two 
  implements, 
  as 
  was 
  so 
  frequently 
  the 
  case. 
  

   Scrapers 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  are 
  usually 
  thin 
  and 
  flat, 
  but 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  thicker 
  

   at 
  the 
  broad 
  end, 
  and 
  are 
  also 
  neatly 
  chipped 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface. 
  

   Many 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  this 
  specimen, 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  the 
  point 
  

   turned 
  to 
  one 
  side. 
  

  

  Among 
  other 
  remarkable 
  scrapers 
  are 
  some 
  from 
  Canajoharie, 
  

   found 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  bank. 
  Fig. 
  189 
  represents 
  a 
  long 
  form 
  of 
  

   these. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  many 
  in 
  number, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  

  

  