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Fig. 37.— l[a<, 



hatchet. New Zealand. 



a tribe and nowhere 



Before adducing examples of each of these methods, we may simply 

 notice the stone hatchet from New Zealand, which is used independently 

 of a handle, and is a hand-to-hand weapon, like some of the meraisor pdtu- 

 pdtus, shown in a previous ar- 

 ticle, and considered character- 

 istic of the Maori race. 



While some of the methods 

 of securing the axe head to the 

 helve are considered indicative 

 of certain tribes and peoples, 

 it cannot be said that any pe- 

 culiar mode is found at a certain place or in such 

 else. In fact, it may be stated that among the various tribes of North 

 American Indians all the modes cited may be found, and specimens from 

 the lacustrine dwellings, to be seen in the museums of Europe and Amer- 

 ica, show that all the modes stated were in use among the early inhab- 

 itants of Europe. 



Fig. 38 shows three native stone axes : a from Victoria, b from South 

 Australia, and c from the 

 Sioux country of the Mis- 

 souri Valley. They agree 

 in the mode of fastening 

 the head to the handle, 

 a withe being bent around 

 a depression in the stone 

 and secured by lashings ; 

 these will depend upon 

 the material at hand. In 

 the case of the stone axe 

 (mogo) a, from Victoria, 

 the head is a chipped 

 greenstone 2 by I inches, 

 and is mounted in a withe 

 with moss and "black- 

 boy gum." The weapon 

 (a) is far in advance of 

 the art of the present na- 

 tives, who use the rudest 

 stone axes, mere spalls, 

 as just described, and 

 shown in Fig. 30. The natives say that (his mogo was made by a people 

 who preceded them and of whom they have no knowledge, It need not 

 on that account be necessarily very old, but it seems that it was some- 

 what of a local curiosity to the particular tribe in which it was found. 



The lead jo, mo-go, and other stone tomahawks of Australia are well 

 delineated and described in a careful treatise just published by E. 



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Fio. 38.— Stone axes of Australia and A> 



