. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 95 and 96 represent fish knives of a simple pattern,which replaced those of shell formerly used. Fig. 103 represents a pat-tern not uncommon in the north, being, besides a dagger, an all aroundknife for carving, cleaning fish, cutting up game, etc., much as a bowieknife is used by the trapper of the interior. Scrapers.—Two varieties of stone scrapers are shown in Plate xx,« and h. The former is a very primitive instrument used for scrapingoff the inner bark of the spruce and hemlock for food. The latter is astone sk
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 95 and 96 represent fish knives of a simple pattern,which replaced those of shell formerly used. Fig. 103 represents a pat-tern not uncommon in the north, being, besides a dagger, an all aroundknife for carving, cleaning fish, cutting up game, etc., much as a bowieknife is used by the trapper of the interior. Scrapers.—Two varieties of stone scrapers are shown in Plate xx,« and h. The former is a very primitive instrument used for scrapingoff the inner bark of the spruce and hemlock for food. The latter is astone skin scraper used in cleaning hides in the process of tanning. Theseare also of bone, as shown in Fig. 79Jc from the Emmons collection,and are often ornamented with totemic designs, as in the and pestles.—Stowed away in the older houses of the different * Quoted by J. G. Swau, iu Smithson. Cont. to Knowledge, 267, p. Dixon, Voyage, p. 243. Figa. 99a and 99&.Stone Bladed Knives. (Haida. Emmons Collection.) EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXII!,. Primitive Stone and Steel Implements from the Northwest Coast. Fig. 87. Stone Adze. Rudest form; showing mode of hafting. See Plate XX,79/. Cat. No. 43234, U. S. N. M. Tlingit. Alaska. Collected by Com-mander Bear dslee, U. S. Navy. Fig. 88. Stone Adze Blade. Hafting shown in Fig. 91. Cat. No. 88996, U. S. Tsimshian Indians, Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Collected byJames G. Swan. Fig. 89. Same as Fig. 88. Cat. No. 89013, U. S. N. M. Fig. 90. Stone Adze. With lashing of twisted sj^ruce root. See also Plate 79, d and e. Cat. No. 88816, U. S. N. M. Masset Indians (Haida).Queen Charlotte Islands. British Columbia. Collected by James Fig. 91. Same as Fig. 90. Cat. No. 88720, U. S. N. M. Fig. 92. Hand Adze. Blade of steel; handle of bone. Cat. No. 23376, U. S. N. Indians (Wakashan stock). Cape Flattery, Washington. Col-lected by James G. Swan. Fig. 93. Adze. Blade of steel. Cat. No. 23462, U.
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