

140 ISLAND CULTUKE AREA OF AMERICA [Exn. ANN. 34 



(Timehri III. pi. A^II, fig. 2). His blade, also, is nearly rectangu- 

 lar. Width, 3y% inches; width of neck, ly% inches." 



The large ax belonging to the Ouesde collection, now in Berlin, 

 is a fine implement, and, although unfortunately broken, might well 

 be regarded the most perfect known eared ax. Two unique features 

 distinguish this ax — viz., the decoration on one surface and the pro- 

 jections on the margins. One of these appendages has been bi-oken, 

 and its former shape is indicated by a dotted line (see fig. 22). The 

 other, still intact, is perforated by a minute hole which we have every 

 reason to believe was also present in the projection on the opposite 

 margin. 



This specimen was figured and described by Prof. Mason.*^ 



It appears that the elab- 

 orately engraved figure on the 

 surface of the blade was over- 

 looked by him, as in fact it 

 I j.^/: - *^ ,.^:^ was by others, and was only 



ICfe'-^" '•? detected by the author after 



|iQ^.:'>^;.\i, ;;;-;?; " moistening with a damp rag, 



when the engraved design, 



which is more or less frag- 



^•^^"^^^^^^ilM}^----' ■■ 'i'^^rlWi. mentary, was brought to light. 



;: ■ ■;paJ^^^'*^V ® ■ ^^: "% ^^ i^ evident that the surface 



^^yt!^-\^ vj ''■ ^'.'-. r-V'^ of the blade is much eroded 



to have so effectually ob- 

 scured the engraving upon the 

 surface. 



«:. j-i ■*--<"•- 1— .„•-••••..■ • u There are several specimens 



fev ■ •, .v'-'l •■v'.-;.' ... .•'.- ;| |j^ different museums which re- 



,5)^' semble that here figured (fig. 



14). The nearest approach to 



.-aja-""- ' it, possibly the same speci- 



FiG. 14. - Eared stone implement. (9.4 j^^^^ -g f]^^,j, described " bv 

 Inches.) 



Prof. Mason: "This beautiful 

 blade, up to whose form the last few specimens have been 

 leading us, is of a dark-green color, and presents some interesting 

 characteristics. The butt resembles two eagle heads facing outward. 

 The long haft-space or neck widens gracefully outward to where it is 

 joined to the sides by abrupt shoulders. The faces are highly pol- 

 ished and continuous over the entire specimen. The lower side of the 

 edge has been broken and reground. Length, 9^ inches; greatest 

 width of blade, 41% inches; greatest width of haft-space, 2tV inches." 

 The ax next considered (fig. 15) is referred to by Prof. Mason" 

 in the following quotation : "A t-rt*^o-beaked blade of blackish-drab 



'°0p. cit.. p. 770, fig. 76. M Op. fit., p. 75H, fig. 37. "' Op. cit., p. 798, fig. 128. 





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