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concavities at the sides and a very slight pecking on the faces. The 

 edge is much broken, and large fractures on the sides, as well as the 

 weathering, give to the implement the appearance of great age. This 

 form is very common throughout the United States, especially in those 

 areas where the aborigines were agriculturists. 

 Length, lOf inches ; width, 6J inches. 



Fig. 19. A massive blade of orange-brown patina. In general appear- 

 ance the specimen resembles Fig. 18, but the polish is finer and the butt 

 more acute, the unlikeness of the two lateral hafting spaces being 

 very notable. The edge has been broken and ground again. 



Length, 11^ inches ; greatest width, 5^ inches ; the edge could not 

 have beeu more than 4 inches. 



Fig. 20. An elongated ellipsoi- 



. -■ dal blade of light-brown color. 



,<^(^„^ *^ The butt is gracefully rounded 



A and rimmed or bent down over 



% the notches like the rim of a pot. 



i The latter notches pass insensi- 



*' bly into the uusymmetrical 



'\^ .- sides. 



,...,..:■"' Length, 5 inches; width, 2-^q 



" " ^Fif. 20. inches. 



Fig. 21. An enormous blade of cafe an lait color, not only the largest 

 in M. Guesde's collection, but no other has been reported from this area 

 that approaches it in size. The attractiveness of the specimen is equal 

 to its size. The butt, concavities, sides, and edge form one unbroken 

 curve. A slight bulging on the lower side and the worn appearance 



