MUSEUM NOTES. 
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These three implements were presented to the 
Museum by H. O. Etheridge, Esq., June 1906. 
Prehistoric. 
No. 1439.—An adze-head of hard sandstone 
sharpened at one end to a good edge. Greatest length 
124 mm., greatest breadth 59 mm. (across sharpened end), 
least breadth (across blunt end) 41 mm.; approximate 
thickness 18 mm. 
No. 1440.—Small adze-head of serpentine, edge 
not sharp and rather irregular; polished and weathered. 
Length 70 mm. ; greatest breadth 51 mm., least breadth 
40 mm.; approximate thickness 17 mm. 
These two specimens were purchased by the 
Museum. Said to have been bought two generations 
ago by a Malay woman from a Sambas Land-Dayak. 
July 12th, 1904. 
No. 1288.—An adze-head, edge chipped and 
weathered, sides rounded, of altered sandstone (?). 
Greatest length 102 mm., greatest breadth across middle 
40 mm. Said to have been found at Pangkalen Ampat, 
Sarawak River. Purchased September 9th, 1903. 
No. 1287.—A nicely worked adze-head, apparently 
of altered sandstone, with sharp cutting edge and 
bevelled sides and end. Length 138 mm., greatest 
breadth (across sharpened edge) 46 mm., least breadth 
(across opposite end) 31 mm. Formerly in possession 
of Malay in Kuching. Purchased September 8th, 1903. 
No. 1038.—An adze-head from the Upper Sadong 
River. Length 126 mm., greatest breadth (across 
sharpened edge) 43 mm., least breadth (across thick base 
28 mm. Average thickness 26 mm. Made from some 
soft sandstone. 
No. 1857.—Long, slender adze-head of altered 
shale. Sharpened edge at one end, uniformly bevelled 
sides and blunted end for insertion into handle. Length 
115 mm., greatest breadth (across sharpened edge) 35 
mm., least breadth (across blunt end) 25 mm. 
Said to have been found in a hollow tree near 
Kuching. Purchased October 1911. 
No. 1676.—Head of a “bliong,” of whitish coarse 
sand-?-stone, which is not found near Claudetown. 
Length 179 mm. Width 38 mm. Lower surface 
flattened to fit on wooden shaft of bliong, upper surface 
