BLAKE — STOXE CELTS FEOil CHIRIQUI. 
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condition, or probable age of these "celts." I understand, however, 
that they were obtained from the same graves in Chiriqui whence 
have been derived the various objects wrought in gold and moulded 
in pottery, some of which hnve been lately described in the United 
States, and in this country by Mr. Bollaert. 
All the celts exhibited the well-known scalpriform sharpening of 
the larger end, and are sharpened laterally by a succession of blows, 
producing facets, analogous to 
those of the chipped flints which 
have been found at Abbeville,* at 
the Kjokkenmoddings in Den- 
markf and in various European 
localities, and which probably be- 
long to a period antecedent to the 
known historical era. 
Four of the celts, marked B 2, 
B 3, D 1, and D 2, are composed 
of the porphyritic stone found in 
great abundance on the Isthmus 
of Darien. One only, marked B 1, 
is hewn more roughly than the 
others from an indurated clay, 
and closely resembles some of 
the European worked flints. 
B 1 (measuring 4-^^ inches) is 
of a tapering acuminate form, the 
lateral facets being so deep, and 
so widely extending across the 
celt, as to have produced a more 
or less salient ridge, extending 
longitudinally along the median 
Une of the celt. The larger end 
is polished on either side for a 
small extent up the hatchet. The 
stone, however, by its porous na- 
ture, has not been susceptible of 
much polish. The smaller end is 
prolonged to an acute point. 
D 2 (measuring inches). 
The sculptor's art has in this celt 
progressed to such an extent as 
to produce a polished surface, 
obliterating the f\icets, and ex- 
tending over the whole stone, 
with the exception of the acuminated but unsharpened smaller ex- 
tremity. 
In the three following "celts" the longitudinal diameter is much 
less than in the two above mentioned. 
* Prestwich, Phil. Trans., 1860. Evans, 'Arcbcologia,' 1860, 1862. 
t Natural Hist. Review, Oct. 1861. 
