JADE

scarcely an eighth of an inch in thick-
ness (pl. vu, d, e), which were dug up
on the bank of the Fraser river near
Lytton, must have been fitted and lashed
to the ends of short handles and used
in fine ornamental carving. Some of the
shorter, heavier celts which show a slightly
splintered and well-worn butt, may have
been used as wedges in conjunction with a
wooden hammer. The one shown in pl. v1,
d, found buried three feet under the roots
of a large tree at Indian Head, below Vic-
toria, on Vancouver island, suggests this
use, from its thickness and worn head.

A heavy, narrow, chisel-like celt, also
shaped quite differently, in its proportion
to the general type of celts found here, is
shown in pl. vu, 0. It is whitish-yellow
in color, veined with green, and is finished
throughout its length, tapering on one
lateral side from base to cutting edge, which
latter is beveled on both sides. The butt,
while irregular, is smoothed, and it has the
appearance of having been used in the hand,
or possibly it might have been employed

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