EXPLANATION OF PLATE XCIII. 



Fig. 1. Scraper. Handle of wood; adze-shaped. Blade of iron, like a plane bit. 



It is fitted to the handle by a wrapping of buckskin and securely fastened 



by a rough seizing of buckskin thong and rag. As the blade must be 



removed constantly for sharpening, the lashing is very rudely done. 



Length, 12 inches. 



Cat. No. 6896, U. S. X. M. Comanche Indians of northern Texas. Collected by E. 

 Palmer. 



Fig. 2 (a, b, and c). Scraper. Handle of wood. Blades of obsidian. The obsidian 



blades are inserted into boles, one on each side of the curious handle, and 



fastened by a black mastic made with the gum of thecolqual. Handle, 



inches. 



Arusi Galla tribes in southern Shoa. Collected by Henry H. Giglioli and described 

 in Intermit. Archiv. fur Ethnographic, Vol. n. page -J 1 3 . 



