. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. the surface of which is considerably decomposed, 18.—Fiuiber. | is of greenstone,and was found at Duggleby, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. On each side is an elon-. Ficr. S9.—Dii gated concavity, well adapted for receiving the end of the forefingerwhen the instrument is held in the hand with the thumb on oneface, and the middle finger on the other. At first sight it mightappear that the depressions had been made with the view of perforatingthe blade, so as to make it like Fig. 133. It is, however, too thin for 128 POLI
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. the surface of which is considerably decomposed, 18.—Fiuiber. | is of greenstone,and was found at Duggleby, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. On each side is an elon-. Ficr. S9.—Dii gated concavity, well adapted for receiving the end of the forefingerwhen the instrument is held in the hand with the thumb on oneface, and the middle finger on the other. At first sight it mightappear that the depressions had been made with the view of perforatingthe blade, so as to make it like Fig. 133. It is, however, too thin for 128 POLISHED CELTS. [chap. VI. such a purpose, and as the depressions can hardly be connected withany method of hafting, it appears probable that they are merely forthe purpose of giving the hand a secure grip, when using the instrumentas a cutting tool. The last peculiarity I have to notice is when the blade of the celtassumes an ornamental character, by being fluted or otherwise orna-mented. That represented in Fig. 90 is deeply fluted on either side. I have engraved the figure from a cast inthe Museum of the Society of Antiquaries,the original of which was in the possessionof F. C. Lukis, Esq., It wasfound at St. Sampson, Guernsey
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