Vol. V, No. 8.] Stone Implements from Téngytieh District. 303 
[N.S.] 
majority to be of essentially different shapes formed for other 
es. The reason why no large jadeite implements have been 
origin and healing properties. 
Descriptions of Specimens. 
stained and discoloured. The whole surface has been we 
polished. Figure la gives a side face view of the implement. 
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characters except that both faces are convex and symmetrical 
It is of uniform width for a little less than half the distance 
same line and then slope rapidly. The blunt end is well rounded 
-back f 
cutting-edge is worn and chipped and bears the marks of con- 
siderable use. 
Figures 3 and 4 represent another type of stone axe, smaller, 
flatter, and more triangular than figures 1 and 2; tigure 3 1s an 
irregular shaped axe of a striped variety of jadeite (7); the stone 
is mottled in different shades of brown and yellow. The slope 
towards the cutting-edge in both the large faces commences 
about one-third of the total length from the blunt end. The 
two smaller side faces are planes formed by grinding down the 
stone; they meet the cutting-edge in elongated points. The 
