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bent around it and secured by raw hide thongs next to the stone. Over 

 the whole of the stone and handle, except the hammer face, a single 

 piece of wet buffalo hide is stretched and sewed with sinew. When the 

 hide shrinks in drying the whole forms a very firm job. The use of a 

 similar tool in driving stakes and tent-pins has been mentioned, but 

 there are many other purposes about an Indian camp, such as breaking 

 bones and pounding penimican, for which it is well adapted, not to 

 mention the warlike uses. 



The poggamoggon of the Shoshones is a slungshot. 



Fig. 24 shows yet another mode of mounting the stone. The pebble 

 and the withe are covered with the tail skin of a buffalo, the tuft of hair 

 remaining. It resembles the slungshot used nearer home, or the stone in 

 a stocking foot, said to be a favorite with the gentler sex in some places. 



Hammer-axes of stone and horn, bored for the helve, are to be found 

 in many museums. See Nilsou. 30 



We will now examine the throwing weapons ; premising that neither 

 law nor custom prevents the hurling of some already described. The 

 Fijian among the abundance of his clubs has one specially for throwing; 

 it is knobbed at the end like the Kafir ~keerie and is worn in the girdle, 

 sometimes in pairs like pistols. Fig. 25 is the thro wing-stick of Uganda 



Fig. 25. — Throwing-stick of Uganda, Africa. — Egyptian Exhibit. 



brought by Capt. Long (Bey) from his expedition south of Khartoom. 

 It is three feet long, has a spear-shaped head, and is hurled with a 

 whirling motion somewhat in the manner of the Australian boomerang, 

 but without the peculiar erratic flight of the latter. 



The curved throwing-stick was also noticed by Sir Samuel Baker in 

 Abyssinia, and is common among the negroes as far west as Lake Tsad. 

 The Us-sellem of the desert 31 is like the curved sticks of the ancient 

 Egyptians 32 and closely resembles the middle stick in Fig. 28. 



The trunibash or throwing-stick of the Niam-niams of the Upper Nile :::; 

 is a flat projectile used for killing birds or hares, and is carried inside 

 the shield. The war weapon when made of iron is called kulbeda, and 

 has three projecting limbs with pointed prongs and sharp edges, the 

 longer blade at right angles to the grip, which is guarded by the short- 

 est prong of the three. This wicked weapon is spun about its axis and 



30 " Stone Age " PI. viii, Figs. 108-179. 



31 Smith's "Aborigines of Victoria," Discussion on, pp. 321 ct seq., vol. i. 



32 Ibid (note 2>a8sim), i, 2'J'.K 



33 Schweiniurth. 



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