774 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Fig. 71. A blade of very dark color, which in outliue resembles a 

 shoemaker's hammer. The butt is nearly as wide as the blade, neatly 

 curved, and bounded by a flat border. The neck is gracefully curved 

 and hooded. The faces are flat as if much worn. A portion of the 

 edge is wanting. From Marie-Golante. 



Length, 6 inches ; width of blade, 4i inches ; of neck, 1-^^^ inches ; 

 of butt, 3-^ inches. 



Fig, 72, A very symmetrical and substantial looking blade of dark 

 brown color. The lines on this specimen are all nearly true, but the 

 noticeable feature is the appearance every where of sharp boundaries. 

 The butt is bordered below by a flat band, and a chamfered surface on 

 both faces bounds the haft space or neck and the edge. Here we have 

 the chopper sha'pe completely developed. 



Length, 5^ inches; width, 4^ inches. 



Fio. 72. 



Fig. 73. A chopper-shaped blade, very thin and well preserved, of 

 brown color. The lines on this specimen are still more sharply defined, 

 but the edge has no bevel. Especial notice should be taken of the 

 square sides, giving a true rectangular section to the haft-space, and the 

 hooks at the ends of the edge. 



Length, 3,^^ inches; width of butt, 1-^ inches; of neck, 1^ inches; 

 of blade, 4-i"u inches. 



Fig. 74. An ornamental blade of the chopper-knife variety, and in 

 color a seal brown. By comparing this with the last specimen an ad- 

 vance in elaboration will be noticed in the curves and gashes at the 

 extremities of the edge. 



