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of the Peruvian and Chinese axes and of the round hole in the stems 

 or body of the Xorth American and Chinese specimens. 



Fig. 16. Chinese bronze axes with perforate and decorated blades. 



The stone adzes and pestles of the Northwest Coast resemble the 

 adzes and pestles of the Pacific islands more closely than they do 

 the corresponding- tools of the eastern shores of America, and the 



peculiar flat-bodied stone 

 club or mere of the Samoan 

 and other islands is dis- 



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Fig. 17. o, Axlike stone implement with perforate blade, United Stales, h, Axlike implement of 

 bronze with perforate and decorated blade, I'eru. 



tributed along the Pacific coast and scattered sparsely over the adja- 

 cent regions to the east. With regard to relics of this general class, 

 however, it is difficult to say whether or not the spread to America 

 of a particular idea or form has taken place since the arrival of 

 European ships in the Pacific. 



