EXPLANATION OF PLATE XCII. 



Fig. 1. SCRAPER. Adze type. Handle of the antler of the elk, the grip being the 

 principal column, and the blade attached to a short section of a branch- 

 ing prong. The blade of the modern tool is of iron, seized loosely with a 

 thong of buckskin so as to be removed easily for sharpening. 



Cat. No. 11226. U. S. N. M. Piutes of Utah. Collected by Mai. J. W. Powell. 



Fig. 2. Scraper. Adze-shaped. Handle of wood cut from a natural knee-shaped 



stem. The blade of iron is lashed to the flat inner face of the handle, 



which is not shouldered to catch the blow. Length, 11A inches. 



Cat, No. 31317, U. S. N. M. Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Collected by Lieut. G. 

 Wheeler, U. S. Army. 



