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terial of a dark brown T3olor. M. Gruesde compares the edge with that 

 of a yataghan. In American archaeology its general outline is that of 

 the " woman's" knife, so common in collections of Eskimo implements. 

 The latter are mere blades of slate, to be inserted into a grooved handle. 

 In a large collection of these in the National Museum there is a great 

 diversity in the method of attaching a handle. 



Length, 6-j% inches ; width, 3i inches ; width of groove, IfV inches. 



Fig. 52. A very plain blade, of deep brown color. It consists of two 

 elements — the rounded butt, bounded by a much fainter line than the 

 drawing shows, and tbe right portion, conforming to the type we are now 

 considering. The asymmetry of sides and edge is again thrust promi- 

 nently into view. This tji^Q is said by im Thurn to occur in remark- 

 able abundance in St. Lucia and St. Vincent. 



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



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