Book Citation: "Aziatskaia Rossiia, Vol. 1," by Pereselencheskoe Upravlenīe; p. 149. St. Petersburg: Tovarishchestv, A.F. Marks, 1914 | 1-50 | Search Results | UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

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Description: IRON HATCHET OR CHISEL: A small iron belt hatchet or tomahawk shows evidence of having been used as a hammer. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions of the hatchet or tomahawk are 8.5 cm. by 3 cm. and the weight is 3.5 oz.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14838
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Description: TUBULAR BRASS BEADS: Tubular beads of brass were made from strips of sheet brass and were worn as necklaces. Age 1550- 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions of the largest are 6.5 cm. by .5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14855
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Description: ROUND BRASS BEADS: Expertly made round brass beads were formed from sheet brass. Due to their uniform size and shape they were probably made in Europe. Age 1575 - 1600. Location- Cameron Site, Lima, New York. Size 5 mm by 5 mm
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14856
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Description: BRASS SEED BEADS: Tiny round brass seed beads are characteristics of the late Colonial period. They were worn as necklaces often with glass beads scattered uniformly throughout the necklace. Approximate age is from 1750 to 1779. Location- Avon Bridge Site, Avon, New York. Dimension are from 1 mm. to 2 mm. by 1 mm. by 2 mm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14857
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Description: BRASS CHAIN ORNAMENT: Small brass chains of linked brass wire often used as both necklaces and bracelets. In this picture of brass chain and glass seed beads compose a bracelet. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions of the chain links are 4 cm. by 5 mm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14858
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Description: BRASS SPRING NECKLACE: Brass springs of various sizes were worn as necklaces in the late Colonial period. Pictured is a necklace of large springs made of heavy brass wire. Approximate age is from 1750 to 1779. Location- Fall Brook Site, Geneseo, New York. Dimensions are form 5 cm. to 20 cm. by 8 mm. to 10 mm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14859
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Description: BRASS SRPING ORNAMENT: Brass springs made of heavy brass wire most often wound on wood about the size of a pipe's stem are found in the late Colonial period. The may have been used as ornamental wands of handles. Approximate age is form 1750 to 1779. Location- Fall Brook Site, Geneseo, New York. Dimensions are 4.5 cm. by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14860
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Description: BRASS WIRE BUTTON: A large wooden button was encased in a fabric weave of brass wire and served as ornaments. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Size of the diameter is 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14862
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Description: BRASS SPOONS: Elizabethan style large silver plated brass spoons first appear in the mid-Colonial period with handles decorated with various ornaments depending on their use. Some have apostles, some have ornamental fruit, and some served as seals for coats of arms. All three types are pictured here with trade marks present on the inside of the spoon bowls. Approximate age is from 1660 to 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Dimen
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14863
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Description: BRASS PINS: Silver plated brass pins appear at the beginning of the late Colonial period. When found, they usually are in little packets. Age 1670- 1687. Location- Beale Site, East Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions of the length range from 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14864
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Description: BRASS ARROW POINTS: Triangular arrow points were cut from sheet brass with edges sometimes around and having one or more perforations near the base of the point. In this picture, portions of the arrow shaft and hafting are preserved by the brass. Approximate age is form 1660 to 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Dimensions are from 3 cm by 2 cm. to 4.5 cm. by 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14865
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Description: BRASS DISC PENDANTS: Round and oval shaped flat disc pendants formed from sheet brass usually having a single perforation for suspension. Approximate age is form 1600 to 1625. Location- Dutch Hollow Site, Avon, New York. Dimensions of the smallest diameter is 2 cm. and dimensions of the largest diameter is 5.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14854
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Description: BRASS FINGER RINGS: Sheet brass was cut into strips and rolled to form a flat ring whose edges were sometimes serrated. Age 1550- 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions are 2 cm. by 2 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14853
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Description: IRON HOE: A small well used iron hoe or mattock, a digging or grubbing tool. Approximate age is form 1650 to 1670. Location- Marsh Site, East Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions are 11 cm. by 7 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14839
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Description: IRON AWL: A straight iron awl, hafted in a native made bone handle. Approximately age is from 1565 to 1590. Location- Tram Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions are 15 cm. by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14840
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Description: IRON AWL: A straight iron awl hafted in a European made bone handle. Approximate age is from 1660 to 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Dimensions of this awl are 12 cm. by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14841
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Description: SCISSORS OR SHEARS: Two pair of iron scissors, one large shears and one small scissors. Approximate age is from 1660 to 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Dimensions of the large shears are 19.5 cm. by 5 cm. and the dimensions of the small scissors are 11.5 cm by 4 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14842
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Description: STRIKE-A-LITE: A small iron striker with finger holes for holding. Approximate age is from 1670 to 1687. Location- Boughton Hill Site, Victor, New York. Dimensions are 7 cm. by 3 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14843
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Description: THREE IRON STRIKE-A-LITES: Three oval shaped strike-a-lites made of iron. Approximate age is from 1710 to 1730. Location- Zindall Site, Geneva, New York.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14844
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Description: IRON FISH HOOKS: Two iron fish hooks with single barbs. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 6 cm. by 2 cm.
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Description: BRASS SPIRALS: The first pieces of brass the Iroquois obtained were already made into ornaments or quickly made into ornaments. Brass spirals were made of brass wire coiled into a spiral design. Approximate age is from 1550 to 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions of the largest are 4 cm. by 4 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14850
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Description: BRASS RINGS: Brass rings formed around wooden splints with open ends tied together with leather were worn in the hair and on the chest. Age 1550- 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Diameter is 11 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14851
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Description: BRASS BANGLES: Brass bangles were usually worn as ornaments and were strung on rawhide and tied together in bunches of three or five. Age 1550- 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Size 5- 6 cm. by 1- 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14852
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Description: BRASS TINDER BOX: A hinged and locked tinder box of brass decorated with the fleur-de-lis design on the cover. Age is from 1645- 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 6 cm. by 4.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14866
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Description: BRASS SNUFF BOX COVER: The cover of a brass snuff box is decorated with a picture of Frederick Henry, Dutch leader and bearing the date 1634. Age 1660- 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Size 6 cm. by 4.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14867
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Description: BRASS SLEIGH BELLS: Two cast brass sleigh bells that still ring. Approximate age is from 1675 to 1687. Location- Rochester Junction Site, Mendon, New York. Dimensions are 4 cm. by 3.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14868
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Description: MULTIPLE BARBED HARPOON: A unilaterally multiple barbed bone harpoon with line hole. Approximate age is from 1670 to 1687. Location- Beale Site, Victor, New York. Location- Beale Site, East Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions are 20 cm. by 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14881
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Description: DETACHABLE HARPOON HEAD: A detachable bone harpoon point with line hole. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions of the harpoon head are 10 cm. by 3.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14882
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Description: ANTLER FLAKING TOOLS: Flint chipping tools were made from the deer's antler, with many having an expanded end showing scars from use. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions of the longest are 18.5 cm. by 1 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14883
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Description: ANTLER ARROW POINTS: Conical antler arrow points were made form the sharpened tines of the deer's antler. Approximate age is from 1670 to 1687. Location- Boughton Hill Site, Victor, New York. Dimensions are 6 cm. by 1 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14884
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Description: ANTLER WRENCH: A two pronged deer's antler used as an arrow shaft wrench. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 10 cm. by 2 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14885
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Description: ANTLER WEAVING TOOL: A rectangular piece of antler with five teeth and four long deep grooves on one side. The teeth are highly polished from use. The opposite end shows an antler gambling die in the process of being cut off. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 12.5 cm by 2 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14886
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Description: ANTLER DICE: Round platter dice cut from deer's antler then ground and polished. One surface usually shows blackening from burning. Approximate age is from 1590 to 1615. Location- Factory Hollow Site, West Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions are from 1.5 cm. to 2 cm. x 1.5 cm. to 2 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14887
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Description: ANTLER LADLE: An antler ladle with a climbing animal effigy handle. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 16 cm. by 5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14888
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Description: ANTLER CUP OR POWDER MEASURE: A small cup like container made from deer's antler having a perforation at its base for tying. Approximate age is from 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 5 cm. by 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14889
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Description: DELFT WARE PENDANT: Dutch Delft ware began appearing on Seneca Sites soon after the 1640's. The first pieces were highly prized and even the fragments were saved and made into pendants. Approximate age is form 1645 to 1660. Location- Power House Site, Lima, New York. Dimensions are 5 cm. by 4 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14890
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Description: BONE HARPOONS: A unilateral single barb and a bilateral multiple barbed harpoon of bone. Approximate age is from 1550 to 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions of the largest harpoon are 16 cm. by 2 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14880
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Description: FISH HOOKS IN PROCESS: Two nearly finished bone fish hooks illustrates the ingenious method of making two fish hooks from one piece of bone. Both pieces were found together in a post mould. Approximate age is around 1400. Location- Fort Hill Site, LeRoy, New York. Dimensions of these nearly finished bone fish hooks are 7 cm. by 1 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14879
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Description: BRASS JEWS HARP: These musical instruments were cast in brass with some varieties made of iron. The sizes varied greatly, as shown in this picture. Approximate age is from 1750 to 1779. Location- Fall Brook Site, Geneseo, New York. Dimensions are form 3 cm. by 1.5 cm to 6 cm. by 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14869
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Description: BONE BEADS: Most prehistoric Iroquois beads were made from bird bones. This necklace, has one bead made from a deer's jaw, with the rest made mostly from turkey's leg bones. Approximate age is 1400. Location - Markham Site, Avon, New York. Dimension are from 1.5 cm to 7 cm by 8 mm to 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14870
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Description: PERFORATED DEER PHALANGEAL CONES: An interesting bead was made from the deer's phalangeal bones. The bones were used in both prehistoric and early historic times. These may have been part of a cup and pin game. Approximate age is 1500. Location - Richmond Mills Site, Ontario, New York. Dimensions of these beads are from 3 cm to 4 cm by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14871
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Description: ROUND BONE BEADS: This necklace contains a graduated series of round bone beads with several small tubular decorated bone beads and it is European in origin and may have been part of a rosary. Approximate age is from 1675 to 1687. Location- Rochester Junction Site, Mendon, New York. Dimensions are from 6 mm. to 9 mm. by 7 mm. to 12 mm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14872
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Description: PERFORATED DEER EPIPHYSEAL CAPS: Epiphyseal caps of the deer's long bones were perforated and worn as ornaments in both late prehistoric and early historic times. Approximate age is 1400. Location- Markham Site, Avon, New York. Dimensions are 4 cm. by 3 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14873
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Description: BONE PENDANT: A rectangular cup shaped pendant of bone perforated through the middle and decorate with a circle and lines of drilled dots. Approximate age is from 1670 to 1687. Location- Boughton Hill Site, Victor, New York. Dimensions are 2.5 cm. by 2.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14874
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Description: SPLINTER BONE AWLS: Awls made from the leg bones of the wild turkey which were splintered and sharpened. Approximate age is from 1550 to 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions of the largest awl are 17.5 cm. by 1 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14875
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Description: BONE AWLS: Bone awls made form the joint bones of the deer. Approximate age is from 1550 to 1575. Location- Adams Site, Livonia Center, New York. Dimensions of the largest awl is 19 cm. by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14876
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Description: BONE NEEDLES: Weaving needles were made from deer's ribs. Approximate age is from 1590 to 1615. Location- Factory Hollow Site, West Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions of the largest needle are 17 cm. by .5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14877
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Description: BONE FISH HOOKS: Most fish hooks were made form turkey's leg bones. This slide shows the sequence of manufacture from the rectangular blank bone to the finished fish hook. Approximate age is from 1590 to 1615. Location- Factory Hollow Site, West Bloomfield, New York. Dimensions of the largest bone fish hook are 4.5 cm by 1.5 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14878
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Description: THREE LEGGED GLAZED PITCHER: A brown glazed three legged crockery pitcher with a small pouring spout and a single large handle. The pitcher has an unglazed bottom. Approximate age is from 1660 to 1675. Location- Dann Site, Honeoye Falls, New York. Dimensions are 12 cm. by 12 cm.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14891
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Description: IRON SPEAR POINT: A large iron spear with a point or pike head. Approximate age is form 1750 to 1779. Location- Honeoye Site, Honeoye, New York. Dimensions are 34 cm. by 4 cm.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 14847
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