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Kusaie or Nanmatal to obtain such implements. The central shaft 

 of the giant clam was used for making edge-tools, and what are 

 to be called axes are found most frequently. The majority of 

 these shell-axes are one-edged, unlike those of stone found in Japan 

 wiiich are commonly double-edged. Even in the case of axes with 

 two edges, only one edge is sharp, the otlier being so blunt that it 

 cannot be properly called an edge at all. Besides, they are generally 

 convex on both sides, like those of the stone axes in Japan, but 

 some are convex on one side and flat on the other. The shell- axes 



Fig 30.— Shell-axes from the Cfirolir.e Th;];m(ls. a .incl /r M.ilem, Knsaie. 

 h. Tol, Trnb. c and h. Lele. Kiisnie. d und <j. Plngelap e. Palaii. /. 

 Peliiir, Kusaie. i. Panui, Nanmatal, Pouapé. j. 'Nantai;as, Nanma'al, Ponapé. 



