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head of grayish pectolite, rough and unusually large. The haft is of 
some soft coniferous wood soaked with grease. It is nearly round, in- 
stead of elliptical, with an irregular knob at the butt, and not curved, 
but fastened obliquely to the head. The loop of double thong attached 
to the haft is probably to go round the wrist. 
Fig. 25, No. 56639 [161], from Utkiavwin, is of pectolite, the upper 
and lower faces almost black and the sides light gray. The haft is of 
Fig. 25.—Stone maul. 
hard wood and unusually long (7-2inches). It is noticeable for being at- 
tached at right angles to the head, by a very stout lashing of thong of 
the usual kind, and further tightened by a short flat stick wedged in 
below the head on one side. There appears to have been a similar “ key” 
on the other side. This is an unusual form. 
Fig. 26, No. 89654 [906], is from Nuwik. The head is an oblong, 
nearly cylindrical, water- 
worn pebble of black 
quartzite, 7-Linches long; 
the haft is of reindeer ant- 
ler, and the lashing of seal 
thong. 
Fig. 27, No. 89655 
[1241], from Utkiavwin. 
The head of this maul is 
a long pebble of rather 
coarse-grained gray sy- 
enite, and is peculiar in 
having a shallow groove 
roughly worked out 
round the middle to keep 
the lashing from  slip- 
ping. It is 47 inches 
long and 3-1 in diameter. 
The haft is of reindeer antler 4:5 inches long, and the lashing of seal thong 
peculiar only in the large number of turns in the spiral wrappings. 
Fic. 26.—Stone maul. 
