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(see his pi. IV. no. 4). In both examples the effigy faces the poll of 

 the ax, which is of the pointed type. The Lyons ax therefore evi- 

 dently came from Santo Domingo; its length is 25.5 cm. 



The second ax (fig. 6), now in the museum of the University at 



Co'imbra, Portugal, differs materially from 

 any specimen reproduced by Saville. Here 

 the haft-end of the handle (projecting be- 

 yond the hafting) represents the head of 

 some creature, perhaps a bird, which con- 

 trary to the general rule faces toward the 

 edge of the ax blade. The spheroidal pom- 

 mel-end of the handle is provided with a 

 biconical perforation, through which a 

 cord passes. Contrary to the rule for 

 monolithic axes from the West Indies, the 

 butt-end of the ax is of the flat type. It is 

 out of alignment with the blade proper, 

 a feature noted by Saville in examples 

 from Cuba as well as from Santo Do- 



mingo. 



The third example (fig. 7) is in the 

 Museum of La Rochelle, France, and is a 

 perfect example of the plain type of mono- 

 lithic ax with pointed poll found in the 

 Bahamas and Cuba. 



Another center for the monolithic ax 

 is in Oregon and northern California. The 

 type is fairly constant and totally differ- 

 ent from anything hitherto described. 

 Three examples belonging to Peabody 

 Museum of Yale University give a fairly 

 good idea of the range of form (pi. 1). 

 The first two were taken from an old Indian grave in 1874 by 

 Samuel H. Snook, who was in the employ of the late Prof. 0. C. 

 Marsh. Snook wrote from Camp Watson, but does not specify 

 where the grave was situated. The record simply says, "John Day 

 River." 



The third and largest specimen was found either in a "peculiar 

 mound" 25 miles northwest of Cottonwood Station in a locality known 

 as Pine Mountain, or in "a sort of grave filled with loose rocks in the 

 Cove," which like the objects from the mound just mentioned "shows 

 evidence of having been subjected to great heat." 



Fig. 6. — Monolithic ax from the 

 West Indies, y^. (Museum of 

 Coimbra, Portugal. After Car- 

 tailhac.) 



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