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Fig. 24. A bell-shaped blade of brown patina and elongated body. It 

 is difiScult to conjecture how such a blade could be fastened in a haft. 

 There are found in the Antilles frequently implements for smoothing, 

 shaped like this specimen inverted. This form with the edge at the 

 small end is unique. 



Length, 5/o inches ; width of blade, 2-i% inches. 



Fig. 25. A very plain blade, of light-brown color. It is rude and 

 irregular in outline, and shows considerable age. This type, however, 

 is well preserved, one continuous line bounding the specimen from one 

 extremity of the butt to the other. 



Length, Sn,- inches; width, 4--^-q inches. 



Fig. 26. A blade of very light color, but of better finish than the 

 preceding. The butt is well curved, and the rest of the outline forms 

 a continuous curve. It is very interesting to observe the multitude of 

 forms in which a continuous curve bounds the imijlement below the 

 butt. 



Length, 5^ inches; width, 5 ij inches. 

















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Fig. 27. 



Fig. 27. A square-edged blade of very dark patina. If one were allowed 

 to use the term ax for West Indian stone implements, this example should 

 be called a broad-ax. The characteristic features are the convex butt, 

 the deep antero-posterior notches, the very slight swelling over the 

 notch on the faces, not always shown in the drawing, the dissimilar 

 sides — the one convex, the other straight — and the squared and beveled 

 edge. The difference of sides again points to the conclusion that these 

 savages had begun to have a front and rear to their axes. 



Length, 5j^ inches; width, 4i\ inches. 

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