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the hinder end, from 2-4 to 3'3 cm. according to the natural form of the hornj; 

 thickness at the middle 2'5 cm. About 2 cm. from the fore end it thins down 

 evenly from both broad sides. At the hinder end, a layer 3 mm. thick has 

 been removed by boring from the lower broad side for a length of 5'5 cm., 

 for fitting on the haft. The transverse holes are both slightly oblong in sect- 

 ion; the distance from centre to centre is about 2cm. The hinder end is 

 hollow as far as the foremost hole; this is however, doubt- 

 less due merely to dissolution of the inner tissue. The 

 hole on the fore end is about 1 cm. x 

 6mm. at the edge, decreasing downwards, 

 and running to a circular termination 

 at a depth of 2'8 cm. 



NATHORST shows a specimen, 

 which as far as can be judged from 

 the illustration, is of the same sort 1 . 

 It appears to have been bored through 

 transversely, and is, like L. 3683, nar- 

 rowed at the one edge; in common 

 with this, it has, moreover, also the 

 flat surface with grooves, this lying, 

 however, here about the middle of 

 the piece. At the fore end "a chisej- 

 like piece of iron" is preserved. 



Beyond .doubt also, the two spec- 

 imens from the east shore of Storm- 

 bugt have had iron cutting edges; 

 this is evident from the smallness 

 of the groove, and in the case of 

 L. 3712, also from its shape. Direct 

 evidence, however, there is none, no 

 trace of the edge remaining. 



Of axe-hafts, two were found, 

 both of wood (Figs. 2728). They 

 are broad at the upper end, term- 

 inating there in a flat surface to re- 

 ceive the head ; this surface is, as is 

 usually the case, somewhat oblique, 

 so that the blade of the axe would form an acute angle with the 

 haft. A little lower down on the haft a hole has been bored to take 

 the thongs used for lashing on the head. 



L. 3502, Renskseret, house 132 (Fig. 27) 24 cm. long. The joining surface 

 4x2'3cm. The hole about 2'5 cm. distant from the upper end; at the lower 

 end, the haft curves in towards the edge side, terminating in a round knob. 



1 NATHORST, p. 347, Fig. b. The specimen itself I have not seen. 



2 Cf. inter alia BOAS III, p. 71, Fig. 92 and p. 415, Fig. 213. 



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Fig. 27. 



Fig. 28. 



