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marginal facets are more pronounced and the bevel at the edge is not continued 

 to form a median facet. This specimen, therefore, is hexagonal in section. 



A handsome implement deviating in form from both of the foregoing is given 

 in figure 11. A distinct shoulder separates the shapely, but unpolished, pointed 



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Fig. 9. 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. ii. 



Fig. 9- Octagonal celt with polished and faceted 



blade and chipped pole. */ 

 Fig. 10. Polished hexagonal chisel with chipped 



base. '/ 



Fig. II. Polished cylindrical 



shoulder. */> 

 Fig. 12. Polished and chipped chisel. '/ 



Fig. 12. 

 celt with distinct 



pole from the polished cylindrical blade. The only facets are the bevels at the 

 edge. These tools compare favorably with those of the same kind found in any 

 part of the world. 



Some of the chisels are made of the same material as the hatchets reproduced 

 in figures a, h and c (PI. II), a black fine-grained volcanic tufa weathering white 

 on the surface. Figure 12 is an example. Its lateral margins are not faceted and 

 the relative shortness of the blade may be due to repeated resharpening of the 

 edge. 



The only grooved celt in the collection is reproduced in figure 13. It is of 

 pale greenish gray quartzite. The groove is continuous, but shallow, and very 

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