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This and the last could hardly have been used as handles for stone 

 points. It measures T-J inches from tip to tip, and is nearly 

 •cylindric. This came from a grave at Jack Reef, on the Seneca 

 river, and is in the Bigelow collection. A shorter prong was found 

 with it. 



A few other examples may be mentioned. One bone punch from 

 the Atwell fort is almost elliptic in section. It is f of an inch wide 

 and 2f inches long. From the same place comes a tapering but not 

 pointed bone punch, which has the ends rounded, and is 2-J inches 

 long. 



In the Yail collection at Pompey Center is a cylindric and taper- 

 ing horn punch, 5 inches long. Dr Hinsdale found a cylindric, 

 slender and perforated bone at Brewerton, both ends of which were 

 broken. It was 6f inches long, with an average diameter of a 

 quarter of an inch. Another curious article is in the Waterbury 

 •collection. It is a slender, irregularly curved and pointed imple- 

 ment, 6f inches long. There are transverse cuts near the pointed 

 end, and rough and shallow grooves around most of the article. 

 Dr Hinsdale also had, from the same place, a curved and cylindric 

 Lone, 4r| inches long. In W. L. Hildburgh's collection are many 

 of the so called punches ; and worked antler prongs occur on most 

 village sites. One odd article in his collection is a curved piece of 

 antler, 7-J- inches long, which has notches toward the upper part of 

 the convex edge. This came from Pompey. 



Beads and pendants 



Fig. 35 shows one of the birdlike pendants, which are perforated 

 laterally through the neck. This is ornamented with dots and lines, 

 and comes from Scipioville. They are more frequent in shell than 

 in bone. Fig. 36 is another from Honeoye Falls, belonging to 

 C. F. Moseley of Bergen. There are transverse lines on this, and the 

 <eyes are represented. Fig. 129 is from Pompey, and is ornamented 

 with dots. All are of the historic period, late in the 16th and early 

 in the 17th century. 



Fig. 95 is a moderately long cylindric bone bead, highly polished, 

 and well worked at both ends. This was taken out of ashes at the 

 Atwell fort in 1896 by Rev. W. M. Beauchamp. It is a fine 

 example of its class. On sites of that age bone beads share the 



