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end of the implement is large and rougli. as if intended to facilitate 

 holding or liafting, while the shaft diminishes in size below, termi- 

 nating in a narrow, symnu'trical, highly polished edge, a shape well 



Firi. -Si. Cvlindrical t-i'lt with narrow point, of liarlc tufa — !. 



calculated to unite delicacy and strength. The highest mechanical 

 ?kill could hardly give to stone shapes more jjerfectly adajjted to the 



Fig. 44. I.«af shaped objects suggesting spearpoints, of dark tufa— (. 



manipulation of stone, metal, or other hard or compact substances. 

 The material is a very dark, compact, fine grained tiifa. 

 An additional example is given in Fig. 33. The shaft is cylindri- 

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