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PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY 



Fig. 119. A well-fluisbed blade, of mottled-drab color. The central 

 column is a flattened cylinder. The right portion is spread out like a 

 smoothing tool. The Clallam Indians of Washington Territory, who 

 excel in all kinds of basketry, use a little wooden implement exactly 

 like this to smooth and regulate the woof in their grass and bark mats. 

 The left end is canoe-shaped, and the edge extends to the extremities 

 of the body. 



Length, 5^^ inches ; width of blade, 3^ inches. 



Fig. 120. A grooved implement of light brown color. It is introduced 

 here to follow Fig. 119 on account of similarity in groove. The ax 

 function is lost in that of the smoother or rubber. There is a great deal 

 of nice work on this example; indeed, as a work of art it is nearly 

 faultless. The furrows of the sides continued across the bottom of the 

 shaft or neck below give a pleasing impression. 



Length, 6-{^o inches ; width of lower blade, 4^ inches. 



Fig. 120. 



Fig. 121. A specimen of unknown function, light brown in color. This 

 form wanders still further away from Fig, 119 than the last one de- 

 scribed. The lower portion was formerly fluked, but the points are gone. 



Length, 4 inches ; greatest width, 2^^- inches. 



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