METALLIC ORNAMENTS OF NEW YORK INDIANS 



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Besides this there was a bracelet of similar smaller tubes, alternating 

 with shell beads of modern form, and four iron implements. This 

 determines the general age of some engraved shell gorgets found 

 in this grave, which are more elaborate than those of New York. 

 Thomas, p. 337 



Some copper cylinders in the Toronto collection have a general 

 resemblance to these recent forms, and suggest a similar use, but, 

 while the arrangement is parallel, about the diameter of the beads 

 apart, they are differently attached. Mr Boyle said: 



This cut represents nine cylindrical copper beads just as they were 

 found in the Tremont Park mound, Tidd's Island. They were lying 

 on a piece of the original hide or leather to which they had been 

 attached, and I was careful not to disturb them. They are made 

 of beaten or leaf copper rolled into their present shape. In length 

 they are from f of an inch to an inch, and vary from -& to ^ of 

 an inch in diameter. The fine thongs by which they were sewn to 

 the hide are still adherent to the underside. Boyle, 1888, p. 49 



Some examples of leather belts, adorned with brass tubes, have 

 come before the writer, and, while the number of rows may vary, 

 the same plan was followed in all New York specimens. Parallel 

 and vertical cuts were made in the leather, in regular lines along 

 the belt, and each division was wound with a thin piece of brass, 

 giving a pleasing effect. Several rows of these copper or brass 

 tubes thus encompassed the body. 



Articles of this kind would not be easily lost, or if so, easily pre- 

 served, and they can be expected only in the graves of those able to 

 afford such ornaments. Apparently they were far from common, 

 and but two have met the writer's eye. Fig. 276 shows one of 

 several fragments of one of these belts, taken from a Cayuga grave 

 near Fleming. The brass tubes in this are of considerable size, 

 being both longer and wider than in the other example. In its 

 fragmentary condition there is no present indication of its width, 

 except that the broadest part of the leather may be supposed to 

 approach one margin. To the three remaining rows of tubes not 

 more than one could reasonably be added. 



Fig. 277 is a broader fragment, which has more rows of smaller 

 tubes. There are five of these, probably all those belonging to the 



