Ontario Iroquois Culture Artifacts (Typical of the Period 1300 A.D.-1400 A.D.).
Fig. A. Fragments from the rims of typical vessels.
Fig. B. Juvenile pottery vessel.
Fig. C. Small stone adze for woodworking.
Fig. D. Two bone awls.
Fig. E. Bone netting needle.
Fig. F. Bone flute or whistle.
Fig. G. Antler tool for flaking stone.
Fig. H. A worked deer toe bone.
Fig. I. Stone arrowheads.
Fig. J. Stone scraper.
Fig. K. Bone comb or hair piece with only one tooth surviving.
Fig. L. Perforated bear canine which was possibly part of a necklace.
Fig. M. Perforated pottery gaming disc.
Fig. N. Pipe on the upper left is characteristic of the sophisticated pottery pipes introduced into Ontario from a cultural development in New York state that would eventually give rise to the Mohawk-Onondaga-Oneida. Pipe on the lower left is characteristic of the crude and simple pottery pipes of the preceding Glen Meyer and Pickering cultures. Specimen to the right is a simple stone pipe. Upper right specimen is a pottery pipe which still retains the black paint stripes across the back of the lizard. Pottery pipe stem below has been fashioned in the form of a corn cob.
Courtesy: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada
