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  [Assembly 
  

  

  Gat-gG-ne-as-heli, 
  or 
  hommony 
  blade. 
  

  

  ' 
  No. 
  36. 
  

  

  4 
  feet. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  domestic 
  utensils 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  of 
  wood, 
  

   figures 
  of 
  animals, 
  of 
  birds, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  of 
  reptiles 
  were 
  carv- 
  

   ed 
  upon 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  ingenious 
  manner. 
  The 
  hommony 
  

   blade 
  or 
  soup 
  stick 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  ; 
  an 
  article 
  used 
  in 
  

   every 
  Indian 
  household 
  for 
  making 
  hommony, 
  succotash, 
  or 
  soup, 
  

   and 
  for 
  many 
  other 
  purposes. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  

   feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  made 
  of 
  hard 
  maple, 
  or 
  other 
  tough 
  wood, 
  in 
  

   the 
  general 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure. 
  This 
  hom- 
  

   mony 
  blade 
  is 
  made 
  out 
  of 
  one 
  piece 
  of 
  wood, 
  although 
  the 
  end 
  

   piece 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  blade 
  by 
  a 
  link. 
  In 
  the 
  end 
  piece 
  are 
  

   two 
  wooden 
  balls, 
  also 
  cut 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  solid 
  wood 
  within 
  the 
  frame 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  confined. 
  For 
  a 
  wooden 
  utensil 
  it 
  is 
  beauti- 
  

   fully 
  made. 
  

  

  No. 
  36. 
  

  

  ^^^"^ 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  different 
  fashion, 
  although 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  former. 
  In 
  the 
  handle 
  are 
  two 
  balls 
  cut 
  out, 
  like 
  

   the 
  above, 
  of 
  the 
  solid 
  wood 
  within 
  the 
  frame 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

  

  