HAFTING

the hand, for rubbing skins, but it seems their
use for this wasalso rare. More often they were
used as weapons, being hafted as tomahawks
across the end of a wooden handle, in which they
were inserted or set [fig. 1}. It is said, however,
that they were not made especially for this pur-
pose, but were “‘property,” or works of art, asit
were, exchanging for high values.

Fic. 1.—Method of hafting celts.

Celts of the second class, ranging from
four to five inches in length, are broader
of blade and _ proportionately heavier
for their size (pl. vi, 6, c). They taper
slightly to the base, which is almost always
irregular in form, sometimes rough, but
generally wholly or partly smoothed;
otherwise they are finished, except where a
natural break occurs, while the cutting
grooves are more often visible along the
lateral sides. The faces generally show a
slight convexity, tapering to the ends.
Both faces are generally beveled to form
the cutting edge, one slightly and round-

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