244 A. LIYEBSIDOE. 



mounting is far inferior to that of No. 62 on the same plate. 

 (Plate 33.) 



64. — Tomahawk. Fiji Islands. 



Mounted in handle. Weight 1 tt>. 7 J ozs. Wooden handle* 

 14f" long, 1 to 1J" diameter. 



65. — Tomahawk. New Britain. 



Made of shell. Weight 12f ozs. Dimensions 5f" x 2\\" 

 xjtof". (Plate 36.) 



66. — Chisel. Probably mounted and used as a chisel or gouge. 

 Guadalcanar Island, Eastern Solomons. 



Worked smooth from end to end and tapered, the cutting; 

 edge is a single bevel, sharp and extremely well formed. 

 Weight lOf ozs. Dimensions 7f" x 2f §-" x J". (Plate 32.) 



67. — Tomahawk. South Seas. 



Jade ; of a roughly triangular outline, one edge, probabljr 

 the working one, is sharper than the others. Weight 6£ ozs. 

 Dimensions W x 3J" x f ". (Plate 3 1.) 



68. — Tomahawk. Niagara Falls District, U.S.A. 



Of garnet schist. This, together with No. 69 from Java,, 

 is placed with this collection for comparison ; the American 

 one does not differ very materially in form from some of the 

 Australian adzes, and the Javanese one is closely ailed to the 

 New Zealand forms. Weight 7 J ozs. Dimensions 3" x 2A" 

 xli". 



69. — Tomahawk. Java. 



Of spotted flesh coloured jasper. The cutting edge is chisel 

 like but with two steps to the bevel — not shown in the plate — 

 and somewhat similar to that of the New Zealand adzes. The 

 sides are also finished off at approximately right angle to the 

 body, this is another characteristic of the New Zealand adzes, 

 both Maori and Moriori. Dimensions 3-sV' x l^V" * tV". 

 (Plait 30.) 



