240 SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 



of the Fijiana is shown in Fig. 43. It was exhibited in the Main Build- 

 ing. It ■ stone head is carefully lashed with braided sinnet to an elabo- 

 rately carved wooden handle. 

 The stone adzes of the Marquesas are most accurately shaped and 



finished,especially 

 those of a ceremo- 

 nial character. 

 The handles of 

 such are fairly hon- 

 eycombed with 

 carvings, in such 

 a manner that a 

 central handle ap- 

 pears to be sur- 

 fig. 43.-, Fiji war axe. rounded by a sort 



of filigree or incrustation of geometrical work. The lashings of plaited 

 coir (sinnet) are very elaborate and carefully laid. Specimens obtained 

 by the Wilkes Expedition are in the National Museum of Washington, 

 D.C. 



The stone adze (Fig. 44) of the Makah Indians of Puget's Sound, 

 California, shows an observation of the 

 tools of the white man. The handle is 

 evidently copied from that of a hand- 



l I-, i [.—Stone uilze, I'uget's Sound. 



Fir,. 45. — Eskimo ice-pick, tfunivak Island 



saw which the native mechanic had seen and admired. The use of the 



stone and the method of lashing are, however, quite characteristic. Fig. 



15 is an Lee pick of walrus ivory, lashed to a handle of pine. It is from 



the Magemut Eskimo of Nunivak 

 Island. Fig. 46 is an Eskimo ice- 

 pick made from a whale's rib, 

 lashed with raw-hide thongs to a 

 massive yew-wood handle. These 

 picks are used for breaking the 

 crust of snow and in keeping the 

 seal-holes open. The specimen 

 is from Anderson River, British 

 America. The example (Fig. 47) 

 shows another variation in the 

 Fig. 46.— Eskimo icepick. British Columbia. mode of fastening. Like the 



former, it is made from a whale's rib, and is lashed with raw-hide thongs 



