MURDOCH.] 



STONE MAULS. 



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head of grayish pectolite, rough and unusually largo. The haft is of 

 some soft coniferous wood soaked with grease. It is nearly round, in 

 stead of elliptical, with an irregular knob at the butt, and not curved, 

 but fastened obliquely to the head. The loop of double thong attached 

 to the haft is probably to go round the wrist. 



Fig. 25, No. 56039 [1(51], from Utkisivwlfi, is of pectolite, the upper 

 and lower faces almost black and the sides light gray. The haft is of 



Flo. 25. -Stone maul. 



hard wood and unusually long (7-2 inches). It is noticeable for being at. 

 tached at right angles to the head, by a very stout lashing of thong of 

 the usual kind, and further tightened by a short flat stick wedged in 

 below the head on one side. There appears to have been a similar &quot; key &quot; 

 on the other side. This is an unusual form. 



Fig. 20, No. 89654 [900], is from Niiwiik. The head is an oblong, 

 nearly cylindrical, water- 

 worn pebble of black 

 quartzitc, 7-1 inches long ; 

 thehaft is of reindeer aiit- 

 ler, and the lashingof seal 

 thong. 



Fig. 27, Xo. 89055 

 [1241], from Utkiavwm. 

 The head of this maul is 

 a long pebble of rather 

 coarse-grained gray sy 

 enite, and is peculiar in 

 having a shallow groove 

 roughly worked out 

 round the middle to keep 

 the lashing from slip 

 ping. It is 4-7 inches F. .-&amp;lt;, m,,i. 

 long and 3-1 in diameter. 



The haft is of reindeer antler 4-5 inches long, and the lashing of seal thong 

 peculiar only in the large number of turns iu the spiral wrappings. 



