ADZES. 



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made. These are fitted to a very old bone body, which when whole 

 was not over . * inches long, and was probably part of a little bone 

 adz. There is no evidence that these people ever used flint adzes. 

 Fig. 141, No. 8!(87:i [785], isintroducedtoshowhowthenativehasutilized 

 an old cooper s adz, of which the eye was probably broken, by fitting it 

 with a bone body. 



FIG. UO. Batted adz of bone and Hint. 



While the adzes already described appear to have been the predomi 

 nating types, another form was sometimes used. Fig. 142, No.8!(874 [!K&amp;gt;4], 

 from Nuwuk, represents this form. The haft is of whale s rib, 1 foot 

 long, and the head of bone, apparently whale s scapula, 5-6 inches long 

 and 12-8 inches wide on the edge. There is an adze in the Museum from 

 the Mackenzie River region with a steel blade of precisely the same 

 pattern. That adzes of this pattern sometimes had stone blades is 



Flo. 141. Old roojuT s adz. rehafted. 



probable. Mo. 81(840 [K&amp;gt;17|. is a clumsily made commercial tool of this 

 type, with a small head of greenish slate. It has an unusually straight 

 haft, which is disproportionately long and thick. 



All these adzes, ancient and modern, are hatted upon essentially the 

 same pattern. The short curved haft, the shape of which is sufficiently 

 well indicated by the figures, seems to have been generally made of 

 whale s rib or reindeer antler, both of which have a natural curve suited 



