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PECKED, GROUND AND POLISHED STONE. 



usually nearer the butt-end than the edge. The groove served for the recep 

 tion of a withe of proper length, which was bent around the stone head until 

 both ends met, when they were firmly bound together with ligatures of hide 

 or some other material. The withe thus formed a convenient handle. These 

 axes are frequently made of varieties of greenstone, though specimens con 

 sisting of syenite, granite, porphyry, sandstone, etc., are not rare; silicious 

 materials, it seems, were not often employed. Now and then a specimen 

 made of red or brown hematite is met. 



7B 



GROOVED AXES, HAMMER-HEADS AND HAMMER-STONES. 



(Figs. 72-77: \ \ Figs. 78 and 80-82: ^.) 



Grooved axes differ much in size, the smallest in the collection (probably 

 toys) measuring little more than two inches in length and weighing from 

 three to four ounces, while the largest object of this class, a specimen from 

 Illinois (loaned), is thirteen inches long, seven and a half wide, and weighs 



