thoti.i;. witli the end Wduii.i spii- 

 and neatly tucked in. If seems 

 tlie liandlc sous to make it lit f 

 ()f%ht()live-n-en.el..udedjad.>. 

 Xo. 89(575 [117(1). liel.,n-,.d' t,, a 

 knife of this paftein. The oldci 

 pattern is icpiesented hy ^'u. 

 8967(1 ll.-.Stl]. a suiall knife hhuh- 

 from I'kiaxwin. wliieh has Ix-en 

 ke))t as an aiMuiet. \(i. .")(l(i(;(l 



hut eloii""ated. heiip'' 7.-', iindies ''' '"' ^^ ""'■"' ^ ■^i^'^i^'it «liitt;-l>ladt-d kuilV-. 

 lon-aiKlL'hruad. This is a very heautifiil implement of i)ah^. olive, jade, 

 fii-onnd smooth. The Level alon- the haek ofeadi of these hhuh's indi- 

 eates that they were to he lifted into a narrow slit in a Ion- liaft. like 

 that of No.S'.insi |.ss(;j. Fi^. im. from Xuwnk. Though ImiH, hladeand 

 liaiidle of this si.eeim.Mi are very old, and have been put toj.;-etlier in tli<Mr 

 pieseiit shap.' for a Ion-' time, the 



d.mtly l.,don-ed to a lon-er hla.hs 



uiiieh litted in the cleft witliouf the 



n.'cd of any lashin- Fio-. H.'.",, \o. 



..^ SlHIii;; |S74|, shows a form of handle 



evidently of very .ufeat anri<niity, 



as the specimen shows sij,qis (»f jjreat age. It was purchased from a 



nati\('of rtkiavwin. It is made of a single piece of coarse wliale's 



])one, it was iiitench'd for a hia.h' at least 7 inch.-s h.n;:. 



Fig. iL'f., No. .-.t;(;7L' [I'.li |, from rtkiavwin, is a very crude, large knife, 

 intended for irse uiih.mt a liamlle. It is of rough, hard, dark iiuri)li.sh 



Fig. 125 



Ut llIM 



shite. The iipjier three (piarters of both faces are almost unti>uched 

 cleavage surfaces, hut the lower quarter is prett\- smoothly ground down 

 to a semieircuhir cutting edge, which is somewhat uieked from use. 



