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or toi- a iiuinlxM- ot" oilier piii poses. 'The latlei- sii|)|)osi( ion is suppoiled 

 by \\\v nl)Uii(l;m('e ot" hone awls loiiiul in some shell j)its. The ilasteiii 

 ( 'reiM)l" the Hudson l^ay i(><;i()n use a similar hone implement a> 1 he calch- 

 iuii; or striking; i)in in the cuiwind-hall <i;ame. 



Bone Xci'dlcs. These iwv rai'e. hut h)un(l in most localities. The>' 

 are «iiMUM-ally made of tlu^ curved ribs of mauunals and arc; six or eij^ht 

 inches l()ii<>;, or even lon«>;er. Thoy are generally })i-()keii across the eye, 

 which is usually midway between the ends. A few with the perfoiation 

 at one end have been reported. 



Bone Arrow Points, usually hollow and conical in shaj)e, hav(^ been 

 found, especially at Tottenville, Staten Island, in the Burial Kidge. 

 They are rather rare, but this may be due to the fact that conditions are 

 not suitable for their preservation in most localiti(^s. Others are flat 

 and triangular in shape. 



Harpoons. No actual barbed bone harpoons, such as occur in the 

 Iroquois country, have been reported from this region; although the 

 writer has seen what appeared to be part of one from Shinnecock Hills, 

 Long Island, whence comes a harpoon barb of bone found b}^ the writer, 

 now in the Museum collection, which was apparently made to tie to a 

 wooden shaft. While neither of these forms seems to occur within this 

 region, several naturalh' barbed spines from the tail of the sting-ra^', 

 found on the Bowman's Brook site, at IMariner's Harbor, Staten Island, 

 may have been used as harpoons or fish spears, for which purpose they 

 were admirably suited by nature. Long, narrow, chipped stone arrow- 

 heads are generally called ''fish points" but the^^ do not seem peculiarly 

 adapted for tliis purpose and the name is probably a misnomer. No 

 bone fish hooks are reported from hereabouts, though suggested by early 

 writers. 



Bo7ie Beads and Tubes, While so abundant on Iroquoian sites, 

 tubes and beads made of hollow bird or other animal bones, poHshed and 

 cut in sections, are very rare here. 



Draw Shaves, or Beaming Tools, made of bone, and probably used 

 for removing the hair from skins, were made by splitting the bone of a 

 deer's leg, leaving a sharp blade in the middle with the joints on either 

 end as handles. The writer has seen none from this immediate region, 

 but they are reported by Mr. M. R. Harrington. A number were ob- 

 tained for the Museum b}'' Mr. Ernest Volk in the Lenape sites near 

 Trenton, New Jersey. An implement, evidently made of the scapula of a 

 deer, and perhaps used as a scraper, was found in a grave at Burial 

 Ridge, Tottenville, Staten Island, b}^ Mr. George H. Pepper. 



