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of the edge on the same side lead to the suspicion that blades of this 

 type were made with inner and outer sides. 

 Length, 12;^ inches ; greatest width, 7i| inches. 



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Fig. 22. 



Fig. 23. 



Fig. 22. A meri shaped blade of slate-brown color. The interesting 

 feature about the specimen is that the sides and butt are squared even 

 more than is shown by the drawing. 



Length, 4-i% inches ; width of blade, 3i inches. 



Fig. 23. A thin, flat blade of mottled-blue and cream-colored marble. 

 In type it is similar to several in Sir Thomas Graham Brigg\s' collection 

 from St. Vincent and Antigua {Timehri, ii, 263; in, 111). M. Guesde 

 says that identical forms have been found in Dutch Guiana. Mr. im 

 Thurn believes this form to have been used like a hoe or adze rather 

 than as an ax. The side notches relegate the specimen to the hoe class. 

 Especial attention is here called to the slight offset on the left of tbe 

 butt and the beaked form of the right. Both of these features will 



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Fig. 24. 



appear again in many form.s much more elaborated. This specimen was 

 found in St. Anne. 

 Length, 7-^\- inches; greatest width, G^o inches. 



