Tin: POINT I! A I 



MIltlMl oil 



icofStC.SI |11 

 ' nMliideil oi't 



woikfil down 



l'(lj;i'S. They 



with tlic blail 



.•i-1 inches In.iii tlic haft 



and the shortest l-'tjiuho 



with tlic l)ladc i.iojeiliiii 



only 1-t indies. 



Ki^Lt. l(tI,No..S'.i,-,s.!|i,;().-.| 

 is a knife of tliischiss. witi 

 file l)lade a nearly eipiilal 

 eral tiian^Ie d-l inches 



to-cther is of braided sinew. Of 

 No. .")f)(j84 [228] (Fig. 100), is like 

 |. but rather hirger. The others- 

 iicated points and are not over 3J 

 iij;. includinji the tanti'. but otherwise closely 

 Ilie bla.h's already described. They aU show 

 lis of considerable ai;e and several of them are nicked 

 1 gapped on the edge from use. Knives of this class 

 ke an,\- in use at the ])reseut day, and it was- 

 iioi iiossible III lea III dclinjtely whether this shape served 

 .\]\\ specjai |iiiiiMise. We were, however, given tonuder- 

 siand tiiat Ihe siiarp pointed ones were sometimes, at 

 lea.st,u.sed for .stabbing. Perhaps they were used specially 

 lor ciitfing up the smaller animals. 



The st'cond class, of which there are four specimeus, is 

 not unlike the lirst, but the blade is short and broad, 

 willi strongly curved edges, and always sharp pointed, 

 whil." the haft is always much longer than the blade. 

 tiisicad of being cNciiiy be \elcd olf on both faces from the 

 middle line to the edges, they are either slightly convex, 

 ;r:idiially lo the edge, or flat with narrowly beveled 

 i-c ail small knives, the longest being 8-3 inches long. 



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