144 



t.. takr M sr 



INT I'.AliKOW ESKIJK 



, as he su.uiiosts. We kiK'w 

 Imntcis anil even al.h- to 

 n-iMl niKl.T tlif ao-o of U or 



cached inanh 1. The iii- 



lit a Hat hcailcd ],iii ol' wal- 



iiij;- aj^aiiist the .uiiiii. These are soon replai 

 liair. and tliese ai;ain l.y slouter ones, until tl 

 diani.-KTotabonI one lialf ineli. wUvu they ai 

 \V.. lieard of no special eeivmoni.'s or test 

 niakin.i;- of tliese ineisions. sin-li as hall ol)sei\ 





ed hy a sli-htly stouter 

 (■ liol.'s are stretched to a 

 e ready for the labn-ts. 

 ivals eoiineeted with the 

 ed at Noiton Sound.' hut 



in the one case « iu're the operation wa> perfornuMl at th.- villa-e of 

 I'tUiavwin dni-in- oni- stay. \\ e learned that it was (hnie hy a man out- 

 side <,f the family of they<.ntii operated upon. \Vc w.-re also inthrmed 

 thai tlie incisions must he made with a little lancet of slate. Tjie em- 

 |>loyinenl of an imi.lement of ain'ient form and ohsoh'te material for this 

 iHUpose indicates, as Dall says in the passa.ue referred to above, "some 



Th.' collection contains two specimens of such lancets. No. .S!)7l.'] 

 fll.V!] ((iji-nr.Ml in llcpl. Point Harrow ICxiieditlon. l^tlin.dogy, Tl. X, 

 Fi^-. li is the type. A little hladeof sott liiay slate is caiefnlly iii.dosed 

 >c of c(.t ton wood. Thi' hlade is laiieeolate, 

 .n-. (h; l,r,,ad. and (H thick, with a short, 

 i hidail Ian-. The faces are somewhat rou,';h, ami i;rouild 



I with a hroad hi^vel to very shai-ji cuttin.i;- edj;es. The 



'* ■••■- is made of two similar pieces of w 1, tlaf on one 



and I'onndcd on the other, so tliat ulo'ii put tooether 

 make a i.mnded h.idy :; inch.'s l,,n-. sliohtly tlat- 

 d. and taperin- toward the rounded ends, <,f whicli 

 ri.i. or-PluK f„v <'"<■ is somewhat lar-ca- than the other. Kound eacli 

 .■Ml;,rKi..s laimn ,.,„, i^ ,, „.,,,,„,, ,|,.,.|, ||„,isvers,. -roove thr a stiiu- t.i 

 hold the two,, arts t, .-ether. .\ shallow median -roove 

 eonnects these cross .urooves on one pice,., which is hoHowed out on the 

 flat face into a toukIi cavity of a shape ami size suitable to receive the 

 Idade. wiii.-h ispr<iiinced into a narrow . .leep -roove at the point, ]iroh 

 ably to kee|, the pnint (,f tin- hlade from heinu dulled hv toucliiui;- the 

 wood. The ,,th<T ],iecc. uidch serves as a ever, has m.-rely a rouoh. 

 shallow, oval dc]n-essi.m near the middle. The whole is evideutiv very 

 ol,l. and the case is browned with a-e ami dirt. 



No. S!t.-,T!l|Ii.(l((| is a similar hla.l,. of , eddish ),urpl.- slate, mounted 

 ill a rou-h halt of bone. I'io, ;)]. N,,. S!iTi,-, |lL>]lj. is one of a pair of 



lii'Hl'ds. made for sal.'. ,,t ih.' ivoiy plu-s ns.'.l (hr enlargiu- the 



holes for 111.- hibrets, .•orr.'s|,..n,lin,- in si/.' 1,, almut th.' s.'cond pair used, 

 fa .'.larse pain.'.l .'ompacf hoiu-. and closely 



It is roufrhly whittle 



