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EELIQULE AQTJITANICJE. 



B. PLATE XXI. 



This Plate exhibits a limited assortment of carved Implements, formed out of 

 Reindeer-antlers, from Laugerie and La Madelaine. 

 Figures 1 and 5 have their analogues in B. Plates IX. and X. 



Pig. 1. The butt of a cylindrical tapering Harpoon-head, wedge-shaped at the 

 end, with chevron scorings on its sloping face, probably to make it fit the tighter 

 on the haft. A badly drawn outline of some Herbivore, with a long, heavy, 

 somewhat Elk-like muzzle (probably a very badly drawn Horse), ornaments the 

 remaining portion of this broken stem. 

 Prom Laugerie ? 



Pig. 2. A piece of a shaft or stem of some implement or weapon, broken at one 

 end, tapering at the other, with a damaged point. It has been neatly smoothed 

 and ornamented, on one face with a row of small, raised, equidistant rhombs, 

 on a straight ribband-like band, bordered by some narrow, longitudinal, parallel 

 furrows. A similar ornament occurs in B. Plate III. & IV. fig. 3 ; and modi- 

 fied in B. Plate XVIII. figs. 1 and 4. The other side of the specimen is flat, 

 and shows the cancellous interior of the bone (antler). 

 Prom Laugerie. 



Pig. 3. A curved stick-like Implement, broken at one end; smooth, slightly 

 tapering, and rounded at the other, which is narrow-tongue-shaped, and adapted 

 for rubbing and smoothing seams in skin and other material. 



The concave face and the sides are ornamented with longitudinal grooves 

 (figs. 3, 36). The straight portion of the convex face is hollowed out ; and the 

 edges are scored with little oblique notches, eleven on one side, and thirteen on 

 the other (fig. 3c), nearly opposite to each other, but not regular, nor offering 

 any patent explanation of their origin and use (if really made for a purpose), 

 except possibly as tally -marks of work done or things counted. 



Prom Laugerie. 



Pig. 4. This is the sharp end of an Harpoon or Lance. It was either left un- 

 finished the oblique incisions (eight on one edge of the fragment and three on 

 the other, on both faces) being merely the outlines of intended barbs, never 



