i)S llli; .MANLlAlTUllK t)l' THi; TKKn- W ATTA, 



Length loss than 100 mm. : 53 specimens, equal to 

 69.4 per cent., almost all weighing under 4 ounces. 



We can, therefore, say, with a great amount of ac- 

 curacy, that in round figures half of all the tero-watta 

 ■weighed from 2 to 8 ovmces, and, with very few exceptions, 

 remained under 100 mm. (4-inch) in length. One-quarter 

 weighed more than 8 ounces and exceeded 100 mm. in 

 length, while those that weighed less than 2 ounces never 

 exceeded 75 mm. in length- 



The above figures have conclusively demonstrated that 

 the average tero-watta is a light implement of small size- 

 Of course, there are exceptions, but they are few, and do 

 not materially alter this view. The inference we can. 

 therefore, draw is that the tero-watta was not an imple- 

 ment meant for iieavy work. It was fit for light work 

 only, and its size confirms, therefore, the view that it was 

 used for chiefly in the manufacture of the wooden speai's 

 and throwing-sticks. A few other light manipulations, 

 such as cutting the hair, the pi'oduction of ornamental 

 scars, scraping the red ochre, could be performed with it. 

 and occasionally it was used as a knife to cut up animals. 

 Heavier work, for instance, the splitting of fern trees, the 

 cutting of notches into the bark of trees to be ascendP'-^. 

 was probably done with columnar pieces of diabase, though 

 it is probable that the heavier tero-watta may have also 

 come in use for this kind of work. 



Another very probable inference is that the hand 

 which wielded the tero-watta was small, and that, there- 

 fore, the bodv to which this hand belonged was not of 

 gigantic px'oportions. 



8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. 



The above observations and farts ran be summarised 

 as follows : — 



1- The raw material required for the inanufacture of 

 tero-watta waA for the greater part obtained in the sliape 

 of water-worn pebbles from the gravel beds, for the smaller 

 part from so-called quarries. 



2. The raw material used in the manufacture of tero- 



