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��paddles, saws, and native adzes — are such as convenience might suggest. Since these hammers have many features in common with the prehistoric hammers of the northwest coast, the special-
���FiG. 13— Forms of hammers or pestles from Alaska>nd British Columbia, a, Angoon, No. £-1045; b % Frince of Wales island, No. E-48 ; c, Stickeen river. No. 10-59 ; </, Juneau, No. E-25 ; «\ Takoo, No. E-47;/", Yakutat, No. E-94;^, Northern Briush Columbia, No. 16-164; A, Juneau, No. E-24 ; 1, Tongass, No. E-1318. (One- fourth nat.)
ization of the handle does not seem to be sufficient reason for differ- entiating this form from the others. If this form of hammer were introduced from the Hawaiian islands, 1 as Professor Mason sug-
1 In vol. 1, No. 1, p. 9, of the Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 1 Honolulu, the specimens to which Professor Mason refers are described as coming from the Society islands.
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