GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 755 



Fig. 29. A pear-shaped blade of very dark material and exquisite 

 polisli. Especial attention is called to the longitudinal groove at the 

 butt, the length of the beaks, the unequal notches, the asymmetry of 

 the sides, and the obliquity of the edge. From Marie-Golante. 



Length, 8^ inches; greatest width, 5f\, inches; width of neck, 2-,%- 

 inches. 



Fig. 30. A broadly-spatulate blade, nearly black. It is tolerably 

 symmetrical until the sides merge into the edge. On the upper margin 

 are seven scallops, the same feature occurring in another type. M. 

 Guesde thinks the scallops were useful in lashing. 



Length, 7fo inches; greatest width, ofo inches. 







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Fig. 31. A hoe-shaped blade, of the double-beaked variety and light, 

 marble color. The beaks are reduced to the simplest form and divided 

 by an emarginate curve. The lateral notches are not separated from the 

 other parts, their lines being continuous from beak to beak. The highly 

 polished and finished condition of this specimen separate it from the 

 agricultural class, although its shape is that of the plantation hoe. A 

 similar, but clumsier, butt is seen in im Thurn's volume (Timehri in, 

 Plate vii, Fig. 2). His blade, also, is nearly rectangular. 



Width, 3VV iuches ; width of neck, 1-fo iuches. 



Fig. 32. A massive blade of mottled yellow and brown color. The butt 

 is very gracefully rounded and rendered beak-like by a notch or chamfer 

 on each side. This feature of the beak and crest should be especially 

 noticed, because it will have a higher evolution further on. Tlic original 

 curves of the hafting-space are unequal and terminate abruptly at the 



