. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. COMPARED WITH ADZES OF MODERN SAVAGES. 149 A similar method of mounting their adzes, by binding themagainst the haft, was in use among the Egyptians.* Althoughit is extremely probable that some of the ancient stone adzes ofother countries may have been mounted in this manner, therehave not, so far as I am aware, been any of the handles of thisclass found. I have, however, two Swiss celts of Lydian stone, andof rectangular section, found at Nussdorf and Sipplingen, in theUeberlinger See, and on the natter of the two faces
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. COMPARED WITH ADZES OF MODERN SAVAGES. 149 A similar method of mounting their adzes, by binding themagainst the haft, was in use among the Egyptians.* Althoughit is extremely probable that some of the ancient stone adzes ofother countries may have been mounted in this manner, therehave not, so far as I am aware, been any of the handles of thisclass found. I have, however, two Swiss celts of Lydian stone, andof rectangular section, found at Nussdorf and Sipplingen, in theUeberlinger See, and on the natter of the two faces of each there. Fig. 104.—South Sea Island Axes. is a slight hollow, worn away apparently by friction, which was, Ithink, due to their having been attached against a handle in thismanner. The blade in which the depression is most evident haslost its edge, seemingly from its having been broken in use. Ihave not up to the present time found any similarly worn sur-faces upon British celts. Another method of hafting in use among various savage tribesis that of winding a flexible branch of wood round the stone, and * Rev. Arch., vol. xviii. p. 266. 150 POLISHED CELTS. [ CHAP. VI. securing the two ends of the branch by binding them together insuch a manner as tightly to embrace the blade. A stone axe fromNorthern Australia thus hafted is now, through Mr. Akermanskindness, in my own collection, and is figured in the Archceologia*whence I have borrowed the annexed cut. This method of haft-ing has been mentioned by White, t who describes the binding asbeing effected by strips of bark, and in his figure show
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