GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 789 



Fig. 108. A polished blade of bright brown color. This specimen, 

 thongh not extraordinary in form is one of tlie most attractive in the 

 collection of M. Guesde. It could hardly be more regular if it had been 

 formed in a lathe. The shield shaped, faces are rare, and the shoulder- 

 ing of the faces worthy of notice. 



Length, 7 inches; width of neck, 2 inches; of blade, 4.^ inches. 



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Fig. 107. 



Fig. 108. 



Fig. 109. A double-edged, grooved blade, of light brown color. The 

 form is common enough elsewhere, but certainly it seems to be the first 

 appearance in this area of an ax with both ends alike. 



Length, T-f,, inches ; width, S^V inches. 



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Fig. 109. 



