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is impossible to be sure about it), and is rough and somewhat knobby, 

 with a rounded knob on the. butt and two shallow linger notches on the 

 under side of the grip. It is attached by a lashing of stout thong of the, 

 ordinary pattern. Fig. 30, No. 89849 [1047]: The, head is a straight 

 four-sided block of whale s rib, (! inches long. The dee]) notches for the 

 lashing, one on each side, are 1 inch behind the middle. The haft is u 



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roughly whittled knotty piece of spruce, and instead of a knob has a 

 thick flange on the lower side of the butt. The lashing is of fourteen or 

 fifteen turns of seal twine, and keyed upon each side by a roughly split 

 stick thrust in under the head. Fig. 31, No. 8984&amp;lt;! [1048] : This is pecul 

 iar in having the haft not attached at or near the middle of the head, 

 but at one, end, which is shouldered to receive it. The haft is of the com 

 mon pattern and attached as usual, the lashing being made of very stout 



lili. lioiie maul. 



sinew braid. The head is a section of a small rib (i inches long. Fig. 32, 

 No. 89845 [1049]: This is made in one piece, and roughly carved with 

 broad cuts from a piece of whale s jaw. The grooves and holes in the 

 bone are the natural canals of blood vessels. All these mauls are bat 

 tered on the striking face, showing that they have been used. 



At the first glance it seems as if we had here a series illustrating the 

 development of the stone hammer. Fig. 32 would be the first form, while 



