GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES, 761 



Fig. 44. An unique blade, of dark brown color. This specimen is 

 noticeable for its very long butt and short blade, the former being twice 

 the latter. The surface is also quite rough, the result of pecking ; a 

 kind of manipulation very rare in M. Guesde's edged specimens. 



Length, 3 ,% inches ; width of edge, l^i; inches. 



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Fig. 45. In this specimen we are getting farther from the preceding 

 examples, the common bond being a continuous surface. This blade 

 is black and presents three edges of different form.' The lower resembles 

 that of an axe, the two upper ones are different from the lower and from 

 each other. It would not be difficult to lash this blade to a handle, but 

 the form is very rare. 



Length, 4-^^ inches ; greatest width, 3-i^ inches. 



