MfRIXXJI!.] 



COMPOSITE ADZES. 



109 



it and a shallow socket on the face to receive the end of the haft. Adz 

 heads of this same type continued iu use till after the, introduction of 

 iron, which was at lirst utilized by inserting a Hat blade of iron into 

 just such a body, as is shown in Fig. l. U (No. 8!)S77 [752], from the cem 

 etery at Utkiavwlfi). 



From this type to that shown in Fig. l.V (No. 80876 fO!] brought 

 by the natives from the ruins on the Kuliignia) the transition is easy. 

 Suppose, for the greater protection of the lashings, we incloxe the chan 

 nels on the sides of the head in 

 other words, bore holes instead of cut- 

 tin}; grooves we have exactly this 

 pattern, namely, vertical eyes on each 

 side of the head joined by transverse 

 channels on the upper face. The 

 specimen figured has on each side two 

 oblong slots with a round eye be 

 tween them. The blade is of iron, 

 Fig. VM. No. .-&amp;gt;&amp;lt;;&amp;lt;;4&amp;lt;) [i0] has t\vo eyes 

 on each side, and shows a different 

 method of attaching the blade, which 

 is countersunk flush with the upper 

 surface of the bodv and secured with 



}:. i:;i. -Adz head of three stout iron rivets. Thenextstep 



IHHIC and and iron. 

 with vertical eyes. 



Flo. 136. Adz-head 01 



IllUn- Mild il nil. With 



vertical eves. 



is to substitute horizontal eyes forth* 



vertical ones, so as to have only OIK 

 set of holes to thread the lashings through. This is seen in No. sos&amp;lt;;o 

 [878], Fig. 137, from Nitwiik, which in general pattern closely resembles 

 No. 80876 [606], but has three large horizontal eyes instead of the ver 

 tical ones. The blade is of iron and the haft of whale s bone. The 

 lashing is essentially the same as that of the modern adz. No. 560&S 

 [309]. 



ilz. 



That this final type of hafting was reached before, stone; had gone 

 out of use for such implements is shown by Fig. l. W, No. S08. {0 [700|, 

 from UtkiavwTfi, which, while very like the last in shape, has n blade 



