GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 759 



Fig. 38. A massive and graceful blade of dark sooty-brown patina. 

 It is in perfect preservation, bighly polished, and almost perfectly sym- 

 metrical. The butt has the double eagle head, the crests forming a 

 gradined depression in the center. The haft-space or neck has nearly 

 parallel sides, connected with the body by shoulders. The sides spread 

 rapidly outward to meet the broad, finely curved edge. 



Length, 11^ inches ; width of edge, 7^ inches ; top of blade, 4 inches ; 

 width of shank, 3 inches ; width of butt, 5-fo inches. 





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Fig. 39. An elaborate blade of deep brown color. This specimen 

 really belongs to three of our classes. The butt is two-beaked and per- 

 forated, the beaks with long, prominent crests, (Fig. 38). There is no 

 wide extension of these beaks, however, and the long, tapering haft- 

 space or neck is abruptly shouldered. The body is of the meat-chopper 

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