MriiDOCH.] 



BONE MAULS. 



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tion the kind of stone used for these tools, but the two in the National 

 Museum, collected by Mr. Nelson at Cape Wankarem, are both of 

 granite or syenite and have a groove for the lashing. (Compare No. 

 89055 [1241], fig. 27.) 



In addition to the above-described stone mauls, there are in the col 

 lection five nearly similar mauls of heavy bone, which have evidently 

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FIG. 29 Bone maul. 



served the same purpose. They were all brought over for sale from 

 Utkiavwifi at about the same time, and from their exceedingly oily con 

 dition were evidently brought to light in rummaging round in the old 

 &quot;blubber-rooms,&quot; where they have loiig lain forgotten. Four of these 

 differ in no respect from the stone mauls except in having the heads 

 made of whale s rib; the fifth is all in one. piece. 

 The following figures will illustrate the. general form of these imple- 



FICI. 30. Bone maaL 



incuts: Fig. 29, No. 89847 [1040]: The head is a section of a small rib, 

 4-8 inches long, and has a deep notch on each side to receive the lashing. 

 The haft is probably of spruce (it is so impregnated with grease that it 

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