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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Silver 
  ornaments. 
  The 
  Archeologist 
  secured 
  nearly 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   silver 
  brooches 
  of 
  various 
  sizes 
  from 
  the 
  Allegany 
  Senecas. 
  These 
  

   brooches 
  are 
  of 
  various 
  sizes 
  and 
  forms 
  and 
  furnish 
  a 
  valuable 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  collection. 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  19 
  large 
  silver 
  disks 
  ranging 
  from 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  down 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  was 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  Hill 
  collection. 
  

   These 
  disks 
  are 
  represented 
  as 
  Algonquin 
  ornaments 
  secured 
  at 
  

   Oldtown, 
  Maine. 
  In 
  this 
  collection 
  were 
  two 
  silver 
  crowns 
  one 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  collection. 
  

  

  Some 
  rare 
  brooches 
  were 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  M. 
  R. 
  Harrington 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  In 
  this 
  collection 
  also 
  was 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  earrings 
  very 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  figured 
  by 
  Morgan 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  Museum 
  reports. 
  

  

  Several 
  pairs 
  of 
  silver 
  earrings 
  of 
  interesting 
  form 
  were 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  by 
  the 
  Archeologist. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  have 
  glass 
  gems 
  in 
  settings. 
  

  

  Possibly 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  ethnological 
  acquisition 
  was 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  

   Indian 
  silversmith's 
  tools, 
  purchased 
  from 
  a 
  brother 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  Alle- 
  

   gany 
  brooch 
  maker, 
  George 
  Silversmith. 
  The 
  outfit 
  consists 
  of 
  

   small 
  iron 
  and 
  steel 
  chisels, 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  silversmith 
  himself. 
  A 
  

   massive 
  blowpipe 
  of 
  brass, 
  store 
  hammers 
  and 
  files 
  were 
  included. 
  

   The 
  silver 
  used 
  for 
  brooch 
  making 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  beating 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  silver 
  coins 
  to 
  the 
  desired 
  thinness 
  when 
  the 
  pattern 
  was 
  traced 
  

   on 
  and 
  cut 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  chisels. 
  A 
  set 
  of 
  earring 
  and 
  ring 
  punches 
  

   form 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  outfit. 
  

  

  Several 
  Indian 
  made 
  finger 
  rings 
  were 
  also 
  acquired 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  

   only 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  collection. 
  

  

  Masonic 
  emblem. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  white 
  man's 
  art 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  Indian 
  site 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  Masonic 
  

   emblem 
  of 
  copper 
  found 
  by 
  Luke 
  I. 
  Fitch 
  on 
  an 
  old 
  Onondaga 
  site 
  

   near 
  Pompey, 
  Onondaga 
  co. 
  The 
  square 
  and 
  compasses 
  in 
  the 
  

   emblem 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  belt 
  embossed 
  with 
  the 
  roses 
  of 
  York 
  

   and 
  the 
  Scottish 
  thistles. 
  Several 
  Iroquois 
  Indians 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  18th 
  

   century 
  and 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  19th 
  were 
  Free 
  Masons, 
  notably 
  Brant 
  and 
  

   Red 
  Jacket. 
  Whether 
  the 
  emblem 
  was 
  worn 
  by 
  some 
  Indian 
  or 
  by 
  

   a 
  white 
  man 
  is 
  not 
  known, 
  but 
  the 
  probabilities 
  are 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  lost 
  

   by 
  some 
  colonial 
  soldier 
  or 
  agent 
  sent 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas. 
  

  

  Several 
  Masonic 
  brooches 
  of 
  Indian 
  make 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  museum 
  

   collection 
  cf 
  Iroquois 
  silver 
  work. 
  

  

  