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iu the margin of the butt nearly over it. This is the last specimen 

 of this variety which will receive notice. 

 Length, T^s^ inches; width,. 4^^ inches. 



VI. BLADES WITH ENCIRCLING GEOOVES. 



The next type of blades embraces many examples in the Antillian 

 area, extending from a very rude form to some of the gi-eatest beauty. 

 The encircling grooves or excavations for hafting in a large series of 

 stone implements will be found to include many geometric figures in 

 other parts of the implements, such as the circle, ellipse, vesica piscis, 

 and any of these may have one or two truncations. The grooves will 

 also differ in their position on the blade, in depth, width, and the con- 

 struction and parallelism of their borders. In the series of hafted ham- 

 mers, hoes, adzes, and axes in the National Museum at Washington, 

 one can readily perceive that even the savage workman was not shut 

 up to a single device in hafting his tools. Indeed, such is the diversity 

 of methods that one familiar with a large number of specimens learns 

 to pick out localities and nations by the methods used. 



Another fact illustrated in this series is the easy transition from use- 

 ful to highly ornamental forms. Beginning, as Klemm has advised us, 

 with little modified pebbles, we culminate in examples wherein every 

 vestige of nature and use is lost. 



Fig. 89. A small blade of blackish color. The very least opportunity 

 is afforded for hafting, but we may refer again to John Evans. Marie- 

 Golante. Neither this nor the following example can fully claim to be 

 a grooved blade. 



Length, ly% inches. 



Fig. 90. A small blade of dark brown color. This specimen is a little 

 more highly finished than the last, but the characteristics are identical. 



Length, 2 inches. 



Fkj. 89. J^'Ki. 90. Fig. 91. 



Fig. 91 . The smallest blade in M. Guesde's collection ; light drab color 

 mottled with brown. The groove is now encircling and distinguishes 

 the butt entirely from the body. 



Length, 1^ inches ; width, l^y inches. 



