. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 533 definitely for what purpose these miniature celts were used. Cer- tainly they could not have sustained rough usage [see fig. 9, ii', pi. 20]. A grooved stone sometimes called an arrow shaft smoother is figured in text figure Fig. 20 Arrow shaft rubber and polisher Polished stone objects No polished stone articles of the type usually termed ceremonial were found in the course of the excavations although a gorget was found on the hill to the east of the site, unless the very interesting polished bar of P
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 533 definitely for what purpose these miniature celts were used. Cer- tainly they could not have sustained rough usage [see fig. 9, ii', pi. 20]. A grooved stone sometimes called an arrow shaft smoother is figured in text figure Fig. 20 Arrow shaft rubber and polisher Polished stone objects No polished stone articles of the type usually termed ceremonial were found in the course of the excavations although a gorget was found on the hill to the east of the site, unless the very interesting polished bar of Portage shale found in grave 96 is to be called a ceremonial [see pi. 20, fig. 4]. There is a bar of this description in the museum collection which came from Jefferson county and the writer secured another 15 inches long from Mayville, Chautauqua CO. All of these specimens have sharpened ends like celts and for the want of a definite name the writer proposes the term " bar ;^ Thruston in his Antiquities of Tennessee in plate 16 figures an implement resembling a bar celt. He describes it as the " .... long delicate crescent-shaped ' implement' of highly polished syen- ite, represented in plate XV (author's collection), also probably belongs to the ceremonial class. It is 11^ inches long. Originally it was probably 12 inches as the point has been broken. It was found by Theodore Haslem in North Nashville (Tenn.)." Objects of this kind are probably rare and but few have been described. All three specimens in the State collection are flattened on the bot- toms and rounded over the back with gradually tapering ends. I The wfiter has since examined another bar eelt found by Mr -William T. Fetiton of Conewango Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; N
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