104 ISLAND CXILTTJEE AREA OF AMEEICA [eth. ann. 3* 



The lateral extension which imparts the asymmetry to these axes 

 lias been abnormally developed in plate 22, E^ and would have been 

 still further extended in the specimen, plate 22, F ^ were this speci- 

 men entire. 



Closely connected with the asymmetrical blades already men- 

 tioned are a few of somewhat aberrant form which have the same 

 peculiarities, but are modified in a somewhat different manner. 

 Among these may be mentioned plate 22, G. 



Plates 22, ZT, and 23, ^4, B^ represent other aberrant forms of 

 implements, each of which have pecularities, but all evidently belong 

 to the same type as the above. Of these specimens, that represented 

 in plate 23, 5, departs so much from the normal form that we may 

 well doubt whether or not it belongs to the group. Its outline is, 

 however. a.s_vmmetrical. 



The ax, plate 23, 6', is regarded as one of the best made of the 

 asymmetrical type, for not only is its cutting edge continued into a 

 projection on the left side but its termination is turned upward, 

 imparting a characteristic form to the head and body of the blade. 

 Instead of being rounded, as on the right edge, three planes are cut 

 on the left margin, one in the middle and one on each side, forming 

 a kind of chamfering which differentiates it from the axes previously 

 mentioned. 



In plate 23, Z>, both the right and left margins, instead of being 

 rounded, are bounded by flat planes, imparting to the two sides of 

 the blade, as seen in profile, very different outlines. The extension 

 on the left margin is exceptional. 



A somewhat similar difference can be seen in an implement found 

 in the Berlin Museum, in which this difference in the two margins 

 is even more marked than in any other asymmetrical ax. It repre- 

 sents an implement allied on one side to the asymmetrical forms and 

 on the other to those with projections on the head, features so marked 

 that we may consider it a connecting link between those character- 

 ized by these two jDeculiarities. 



Tools 



Tlie variety of shapes assumed by stone tools in the St. Vincent- 

 Grenada area appears in the following figures, one of the most per- 

 fect forms of which is that I'epresented in plate 23. G. Here the borders 

 of the shaft are angular and the cutting edge is curved and sharp. 

 The size of this specimen, or more especially the angular character 

 fif the border of the shaft, points to the probability that it formerly 

 had a handle which may have been attached to it longitudinally, or 

 it may have been inserted in the end of the handle like a chisel. The 

 implement shown in plate 23, F, is one of the most effective cutting 

 tools yet described from the Antilles. The margins are angidar 



