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No. 6. Chipped blades, hastate in outline, with blade and grip in one piece, but 



distinctly outlined 58,485, 32,831 



No. 7. Blades of chipped stone, chipped glass, and iron set in the ends of 



spindle-shaped handles 168,563, 131,220, 16,361 



No. 8. Leaf-shaped blades of chipped stone and metal set in grips of wood and 



covered with pitch or hide 5,532, 126,527 



No. 9. Copper blades, lanceolate, with tangs for hafting 191, 587, 149,722 



No. 10. Bronze blades with socket or flat tang for hafting 101,347 



No. 11. Double dagger of copper from Sitka, Alaska. Lanceolate blade, plain 

 on one side, fluted on the other ; constricted to form the grip ; butt end 



pentagonal and ornamented with the design of a human face 89,020 



No. 12. African curved knife with crescent-shaped blade, pointed, and having 

 angular oifsets from the edges near the base ; tang drawn into the 



hilt. Serves for slashing, cutting, picking, and throwing 174,899 



No. 13. Bagdad dagger saber with curved blade ; ribbed along the middle on 

 each face ; tang driven into the hilt, which is a flat ellipse in section 



cut out to fo/m the grip 151,829 



No. 14. Malay krises, one with straight, one with flame-shaped blade; hilt 



carved to fit the hand 153,339, 153,341 



No. 15. Catalan hinged dagger. Razor-shaped blade; hinge furnished with 

 spring and with ratchet to set the blade at several angles ; handle, 

 of double design, adorned with brass and mother-of-pearl 151,161 



SERIES 2. — WEAPONS FOR CUTTING AND THRUSTING. 



Plate 22. 



Cut-and-thrust weapons, with hilts, form the class, including 

 sabers, swords, rapiers, claymores, and their congeners. When 

 fastened to the end of a shaft or handle, they are halberts or Japanese 

 long swords ; when throw^n from the hand, they branch out into the 

 large class of African trumbases and throwing irons. The cut-and- 

 thrust series here shown begins with a natural object, pointed and 

 capable of slashing, and proceeds along the road of progress in ways 

 suggested in this exhibit. The saber has but one edge, the back being 

 thick and strong. The sword is the perfection of this type of 

 weapons, having two edges and a point. The saber cuts flesh and 

 blood vessels, and in its modern form with its dull edge also makes 

 ugly bruises, and so comes into the category of bruising weapons. 

 The sword is for piercing, cutting, and even for breaking bones, and 

 in its largest form is used with both hands. Burton regards it as the 

 most exalted weapon in single combats. 



No. 1. Flakes of obsidian and flint suitable for slashing. Mexico_ 35,159, 149,866 



No. 2. Beautifully chipped blade, both edges sharpened and both ends pointed. 



Kentucky. May have had fur wrapped around one end to form a 



grip 2,407 



No. 3. Sharks'-teeth slashing weapon, in which a wooden blade has sharks' 

 teeth sewed close together on both edges. Gilbert Islands. Coco- 

 nut-fiber armor coexists with weapons of this class — 3,697, 178,064 



