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Some of these engraved axes did not show the incised figures on the 

 illustrations used by Prof. Mason in describing the specimens. 



5. PERTORATED AXES 



Several of the large ax-shaped stones from Guadeloupe are perfo- 

 rated at or near the upper margin of the head (fig. 22). suggesting 

 that they were suspended, perhaps ornaments worn about the neck. 



Fig. 22. — Incised dccoiati^d stone implement. Gue-sde collec- 

 tion. (9.5 inches.) 



The Guesde collection lias several of these axes with perforated 

 heads. Specimens from St. Vincent are fewer in number. Prof. 

 Mason thus describes one of these specimens : '^ 



" A finely-polished blade, of brown color. The general outline is 

 that of a shouldered hoe-blade. The edge is quite regular, the taper- 

 ing sides nearly alike, the neck symmetrical, and the faces continuous 

 nearly to the perforation. The butt is flared out at the sides like 



"^Op. cit., p. 757, flg. 36. 



