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brown wood the weight, hardness and durability of which I already mentioned above, page 139, 

 they were always indicated with the name of that sort of wood, soàm or soâme. Without 

 exception the lance is carved a little above the centre of gravity with ornaments, which are 

 very characteristic of that country (fig. iOO a , 100k). The boar lance is a highly valued object, 



Fig. ioo a . '/.,. Carved ornament of a 

 boar lance from A se. 



Fig. I00 b . '/-2- Carved ornament of a 

 boar lance from A se. 



durable enough to pass from father to son and already in great honour for that reason, but 

 also because its construction in the stone period, from which the store of lances at Asé dates, 



