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PAPEES RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Fig. 46. A curiously formed blade of dark color, and highly polished. 

 It is not altogether unlike Fig. 45, the chief peculiarity being the pro- 

 jection upon the upper side. This characteristic does not appear on any 

 other specimen in the collection. 



Length, 6^% inches; greatest width, 3^- inches. 



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Fig. 46. 



Fig. 47. A three-edged blade, of very dark color and veined with 

 white. It resembles Fig. 45, but the workmanship is far superior. The 

 faces and sides are quite flat, giving a rectangular section. One feature 

 is to be remarked, not only here but further on. -It is the decided turn 

 of the edge to the bottom, making a pyriform curve. 



Length, 8^ inches ; greatest width, 4^o inches, 



Fig. 47. 



TV. BUTT DISTINCT, FACES NOT CONTINUOUS. 



* The next form of blade to be considered is that in which the butt or 

 head is distinct. This implies a more definite hafting-space, an encir- 

 cling groove or ueck,of some kind rather than autero-i)osterior notches 

 or concavities. It will be seen by running along the members of this 

 section that there are gradations of form, and that this idea of a sepa- 

 rate butt is not co-ordinated with any especial kind of haft-space, sides, 

 faces, or edge. Commencing with the simplest type of ax, we pass 



