100 



SCRAPERS. 



It is curious, that while these spoon-shaped scrapers are 

 so common in Europe, they are very rare, if indeed they occur 

 at all, in North America south of the Esquimaux region. 



FIG. 103. 



FIG. 104. 



Scraper 



To the small, triangular "axes" (figs. 108- -110), which are 

 very characteristic of the Kjokkenmoddings, as well as of 

 the Coast-finds, I have applied the name by which they are 

 usually known, but without wishing to prejudge the question 

 as to their purpose. They are flat on one side, and more or 

 less convex on the other ; rudely triangular or quadrangular 

 in shape, with the cutting edge at the broader end ; and from 

 2^ in. to 5Mn. in length, with a breadth of IJin to 2 Jin. 

 They are never ground, and the cutting edge, though not 



