268 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1914. 



Although the specimen still retains the large flattened butt of 

 the hammer, its ovoid section is more pronounced, and the 

 sloping off of the faces to produce the cutting edge commences 

 low down at a greater distance than three-quarters of the 

 total length. The edge although worn and broken was evi- 

 dently fairly sharp originally. Dimensions, greatest length 

 10-5 cms., greatest breadth just above the edge— 5 cms., thick- 

 ness — 3-5. Origin 11 v polished the surface of the stone is now 

 weathered and decayed. It is cut from a fine-grained , basaltic 

 rock and was obtained in Shun-ning Fu. 



Figure 11. A celt in which the peculiar characters of the 

 one shown in Figure 10 are still more pronounced. The edge is 

 sharp and forms the same kind of angles with the faces The 

 sides are more tapering and the general outline more triangular. 

 The butt is small and rounded. General section, a well deve- 

 loped oval. Dimensions, length— 1 1-5 cms., greatest breadth 

 6 cms., least breadth 3*3 cms., shortest axis of oval section 

 at centre of specimen, i.e. thickness— 35 cms. A polished sur- 

 face pecked by weathering. Material basaltic. Purchased in 

 Mi-chih. 



Figure 12. In this specimen the same characters are 

 carried to a still further degree, resulting in deliberate flattening 

 of the lower halves of both back and front faces, so that the 

 section of the stone just above the edge is rectangular with 

 bevelled corners. The upper half is of the usual tapering 

 character. The cutting-edge was sharp, and the faces which 

 form it start at a still lower point. Originally polished the 

 surface is now indented and pecked by weathering. The 

 material appears to be doleritic. Dimensions, greatest length 

 — 12 cms., greatest breadth— 6 cms., greatest thickness— 3-5 

 cms Obtained in Mi-ehih 



Figure 13. 



to be unfinished witl 



the exception of the sharp cutting edge. The sides are thick 

 and meet the faces in slightly rounded angles. Partly pecked 

 and partly polished, it bears a bright tinted su face and is 

 probably manufactured from a fine-grained basalt. Dimen- 

 sions, length— 13 cms., breadth across the edge— 5-5 cms. Pur- 

 chased in Mien-ning Ting. 



Figure 14. This and the following specimen are the most 

 remarkable forms which I have obtained in Yunnan. In gene- 

 ral outline they greatly resemble certain specimens collected 

 by YersinandGuerlach' from the Bahnars,Sedangand Reungoas 

 territories in Indo-China. 1 They recall vividly the bronze 



hoes found hnt.h in f.Kaf » n i In f. n nn A ; n VKnnnn 2 a n A fhev 



' Mission Pavie, Indo-China. Vol. Ill (Anthropologie), 1904, pp 

 27-38, pi. vi. 



this 



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2 I hope to describe a series of bronze implements from Yunnan in 



