Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . t has been thought thatgraven with a chisel (celfe) in the rock is only a copyistsblunder for graven surely {ccjte) in the rock ; and if so,then celtis and celt are curious fictitious words. It may beworth while to mention that the name of the implementscalled celts has nothing to do with the name of the peoplecalled Celts or Kelts. A stone celt only requires a handle VIII.] ARTS OF LIFE. 189 to make it into a hatchet. This was done very simply bythe forest Indians of Brazil, who would pick up a suitablewater-worn pebble, rub
Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . t has been thought thatgraven with a chisel (celfe) in the rock is only a copyistsblunder for graven surely {ccjte) in the rock ; and if so,then celtis and celt are curious fictitious words. It may beworth while to mention that the name of the implementscalled celts has nothing to do with the name of the peoplecalled Celts or Kelts. A stone celt only requires a handle VIII.] ARTS OF LIFE. 189 to make it into a hatchet. This was done very simply bythe forest Indians of Brazil, who would pick up a suitablewater-worn pebble, rub one end down to an edg^, and bindit in a twig, Fig. 56 ^. Another rude way of mounting acelt was to stick it into a club, so as to form a woodmansor warriors axe such as c, which shows one dug out of abog in Ireland. The most advanced method was todrill a hole through the stone blade to take the handleas in d. When the stone blade is fixed with the edgeacross, the tool becomes a carpenters adze, as e, which isthe instrument used by the canoe-building
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