GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 747 



Fig. 14. Hafted blade from New Guinea, of dark-green colored 

 material, probably serpentine. The lambdoidal haft and the serving are 



Fig. 14. 



shown, but M. Guesde's figure conveys too much the idea of an adze. 

 The plane of the blade splits the haft, is not perpendicular to the plane 

 of the haft. > 



Length of shank and blade, 12^ inches ; width of blade, 3 inches. 



Fig 15. 



Fig. 15. A beautifully polished blade of hard, black-colored material. 

 This specimen is remarkable for its curved butt, straight sides, flattened 



