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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Unfinished 
  articles 
  often 
  awaken 
  curiosity, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  reveal 
  

   the 
  processes 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  several 
  stages 
  of 
  

   the 
  work. 
  This 
  is 
  notably 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  some 
  celts, 
  and 
  unfinished 
  

   drilling 
  has 
  even 
  yet 
  greater 
  importance. 
  With 
  articles 
  of 
  flint 
  it 
  is 
  

   more 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  ultimate 
  intention. 
  Fig. 
  206 
  is 
  an 
  odd 
  article, 
  

   which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  completed 
  and 
  broken 
  implement, 
  or 
  an 
  un- 
  

   finished 
  one, 
  just 
  as 
  well. 
  What 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  has 
  been 
  

   broken, 
  giving 
  an 
  element 
  of 
  uncertainty 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  or 
  intended 
  

   form. 
  As 
  it 
  now 
  is, 
  it 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  

   is 
  made 
  of 
  common 
  hornstone. 
  One 
  side 
  is 
  flat, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  neatly 
  

   chipped 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  the 
  concave 
  edge 
  being 
  thickest. 
  

   This 
  might 
  be 
  classed 
  among 
  implements 
  combining 
  the 
  knife 
  and 
  

   scraper, 
  for 
  the 
  convex 
  edge 
  is 
  sharp. 
  There 
  are 
  hints, 
  also, 
  of 
  a 
  

   future 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  form. 
  ' 
  The 
  striking 
  peculiarity, 
  however, 
  

   is 
  the 
  rounded 
  point, 
  deeply 
  indented 
  below, 
  as 
  if 
  for 
  suspension. 
  

   Fragments 
  like 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  last, 
  are 
  often 
  valuable 
  for 
  their 
  peculiar 
  

   features. 
  * 
  

  

  Fig. 
  207 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  curved 
  scraper 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  is 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  county. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  

   those 
  already 
  described 
  in 
  having 
  simply 
  an 
  expanded 
  base, 
  without 
  

   a 
  tang. 
  The 
  curve 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  usual, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  accepted 
  by 
  

   some 
  as 
  the 
  flint 
  point 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  fish-hook, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  

   answered, 
  though 
  it 
  seems 
  too 
  short 
  and 
  thick 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  use. 
  On 
  

   the 
  whole 
  it 
  seems 
  more 
  reasonable 
  to 
  place 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  curved 
  

   scrapers, 
  for 
  grave 
  objections 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  use, 
  and 
  it 
  

   certainly 
  closely 
  resembles 
  these. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  208 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  flint 
  pebble 
  of 
  an 
  oval 
  form, 
  split 
  in 
  two 
  and 
  

   chipped 
  on 
  the 
  flat 
  surface. 
  These 
  pebbles 
  are 
  water-worn, 
  and 
  not 
  

   very 
  large, 
  although 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  sizes. 
  They 
  seem 
  unfin- 
  

   ished, 
  although 
  neatly 
  chipped; 
  and 
  in 
  their 
  present 
  condition 
  would 
  

   serve 
  only 
  for 
  scrapers. 
  This 
  one 
  is 
  from 
  Seneca 
  county, 
  and 
  they 
  

   are 
  found 
  there 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  although 
  nowhere 
  frequent. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  209 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  forms 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  arrows, 
  of 
  the 
  

   class 
  called 
  bird 
  points. 
  It 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Tioga 
  county, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  frequent, 
  but 
  with 
  various 
  out- 
  

   lines. 
  Many 
  think 
  these 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  children, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  

   small 
  size, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  other 
  uses. 
  

  

  