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eight large circular openings. Fig. JJ is one of the plainest kind. 

 The edge is simple, and a star appears in tracery on the otherwise 

 plain surface. Fig. 79 is a pretty brooch with broadly undulated 

 edge. There are eight pyriform apertures, but the graceful tracery 

 gives a pleasant effect. Fig. 89 is of unusual character. Small 

 bosses appear at intervals around the otherwise plain edge, and 

 there is a circle of apertures of the indented shield form. The sur- 

 face decorations are small circles and dots. 



After the above was in print the writer obtained a fine circular 

 brooch 4^ inches across, but not as heavy as the La Fort star. It 

 has 23 obtuse points, two rows of diamond perforations, a row of 

 shield form apertures, and delicate tracery. It came from the 

 Senecas. Some others have been noted but not figured here. 



Besides his own circular brooches from Onondaga, selected 

 above, the writer has figured many in the hands of Indians there, 

 or in those of friends who have since parted with them. Some of 

 these will follow, simply credited to Onondaga. Fig. 26 is a fine 

 example of these. It has large bosses on the edge, with double 

 crenulations between them; inside of the border is a line of cordate 

 and triangular apertures, with openings between these and the 

 heart-shaped opening in the center. Fig. 28 is another large 

 brooch with crenulated edges and many perforations. A double 

 row of these, of triangular form, gives the effect of a central star. 

 Fig. 30 is about half the diameter of the last, and has the common 

 crenulated edge. The apertures are lines of crescents, circles and 

 triangles. 



Fig. 36 is quite small, and has a crenulated edge. The only 

 decoration is a line of small circles on the surface. Fig. 40 has 

 broad crenulations. The apertures are semicircular and quadrilat- 

 eral. Fig. 45 has also broad crenulations. One line of ellipses is 

 parallel with the edge; the others point to the center. This has 

 less tracery than the last. Fig. 57 is a rare form. Every third 

 crenulation slightly projects, giving the border an angular appear- 

 ance, and there are six circular apertures besides the central one. 

 The tracery is tasteful. Fig. 76 has a crenulated border and a line 

 of elliptic apertures. 



