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UOfXJl KNIVES. 



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Flu. 124. Woman s am ieiit .slate-bliuk-d kuil f. 



thong, with the fiid wound spirally roun&amp;lt;l all the parts on both sides 

 and neatly tucked in. It seems to serve no purpose beyond enlarging 

 the handle so as to make it fit the hand better. One beautiful blade 

 of light olive green, clouded jade, 

 No. S!)075 [1170], belonged to a 

 knife of this pattern. The older 

 pattern is represented by No. 

 89070 [158(5], a small knife blade 

 from rkiavwlfi, which has been 

 kept as an amulet. No. 50000 

 [ 120], is a blade of the same type, 

 but elongated, being 7i inches 

 long and 2 broad. This is a very beautiful implement of pale, olive jade, 

 ground smooth. The, bevel along the back of each of these blades indi 

 cates that they were to be fitted into a narrow slit in a long haft, like 

 that of No. 89084 [880], Fig. 124, from Nuwiik. Though both blade and 

 handle of this specimen are very old, and have been put together in their 



present shape for a long time, the 

 handle, which is of whale s bone, evi 

 dently belonged to a longer blade, 

 which fitted in the cleft without the 

 need of any lashing. Fig. 125, No. 

 8!)0!)3 [874], shows a form of handle 

 evidently of very great antiquity, 

 as the specimen shows signs of great age. It was purchased from a 

 native of Utkiavwln. It is made of a single piece of coarse whale s 

 bone. It was intended for a blade at least 7 inches long. 



Fig. 120, No. 50072 [191], from Utkiavwln, is a very crude, large knife, 

 intended for use without a handle. It is of rough, hard, dark purplish 



Flu. 1*J5. Ancient lionc handle for w 

 knife. 



Klu. 126. Liirgi- kuili- of slate. 



slate. The upper three-quarters of both faces are almost untouched 

 cleavage surfaces, but the lower quarter is pretty smoothly ground down 

 to a semicircular cutting edge, which is somewhat nicked from use. 



