NATURE STUDY. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 



Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



Vol. III. September, 1902. No. 4. 



Indian Implements in the Museum of the Man- 

 chester Institute. III. 



BY WILLIAM H. HUSE. 



The stone knives in the Harrinian collection are repre- 

 sented by the tj^pical forms represented in the cut. The 

 one at the left is six inches long and an inch and five-eighths 

 wide at the widest point. It is composed of a variety of 

 flint or chert that has the appearance of being somewha 

 laminated. It was made by chipping, and has a fairly 

 good edge for cutting. 



The middle knife is six inches long and two inches wide. 

 This is also flint, of a different character, and shows con- 

 siderable wear. The knife at the right is porphyritic in 

 character, and is eight inches by two. This was chipped 

 into shape, like the other two, and has a very good edge, 

 especially near the point. 



The knife at the bottom is a semicircular slate knife, four 

 and three-fourths inches long and nearly three inches in 

 width. Its rounded edge shows much use as well as the 

 soft material of which it is made. This has been consid- 

 ered by some as a chopping knife, but I am not aware that 



