. Bulletin. Ethnology. holmes] ABORIGINAL AMEEICAN ANTIQUITIES PART I 23 The Banner Stone with tubular does appear, however, in northern Europe (fig. 9) -where the Atlantic is narrowest and most nearly bridged by intervening islands. The gouge was in the Old World a practical implem?nt devoted to ordinary uses, as in the Avorking of wood, digging, cutting, etc. In America it was also a thing of ordinar}^ use. _ Within the same region in northeast Amer- ica, and thinning out as does the gouge to the south and west, is an object of rare and highly specialized form, an axlike implement, known as
. Bulletin. Ethnology. holmes] ABORIGINAL AMEEICAN ANTIQUITIES PART I 23 The Banner Stone with tubular does appear, however, in northern Europe (fig. 9) -where the Atlantic is narrowest and most nearly bridged by intervening islands. The gouge was in the Old World a practical implem?nt devoted to ordinary uses, as in the Avorking of wood, digging, cutting, etc. In America it was also a thing of ordinar}^ use. _ Within the same region in northeast Amer- ica, and thinning out as does the gouge to the south and west, is an object of rare and highly specialized form, an axlike implement, known as the banner stone (fig. 10) perforation for hafting and with extremely varied winglike blades. It is not found elsewhere in America. In northern Europe there is found a drilled ax (fig. 11) of similar type, and it is a noteworthy fact that this form of artifact throughout the Old World, though orig- inally perhaps a thing of use, had wide and diversified application as a symbol. The following very interesting and suggestive statement regarding the " Amazon Axe" is quoted from Xilsson : ^ Stone weapons of this kind are ratlier variable, and tlie central part is often much shorter than the figure here referred to, resembling that shown in figure 174. The original of this sketch is from the south of Scania, and is preserved in my collection, but is not finished, there being no hole for the handl^; but this weapon is always known by both ends being much expanded and more or loss sharpened. It is exactly like the axes with which the Amazuns are armed,. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. Fig. S. Stone gouge - adz, New England type, (j) Fig. 9. Stone gouge-adz, Scandina- vian type, (i). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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