. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY noted, however, that large flat celts sometimes served the same pur- pose.^^ The Northwest Coast splitting adzes ^^ are of various mate- rials, tough igneous stones being preferred, and vary in size from inches long, inches wide, and inches high^^ to huge un- wieldy-appearing blades, the approximate measurements of one of which are: Length, 11 inches; width, inches; height, 5 inches.^^ Most adzes are from 6 to 8 inches long, with width-height measure- ments from 2 to 3 inches (though width-height ratios vary consider- ably)
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY noted, however, that large flat celts sometimes served the same pur- pose.^^ The Northwest Coast splitting adzes ^^ are of various mate- rials, tough igneous stones being preferred, and vary in size from inches long, inches wide, and inches high^^ to huge un- wieldy-appearing blades, the approximate measurements of one of which are: Length, 11 inches; width, inches; height, 5 inches.^^ Most adzes are from 6 to 8 inches long, with width-height measure- ments from 2 to 3 inches (though width-height ratios vary consider- ably). It is interesting to note that the polls of many of the adzes. FiGUEE 8.—Nomenclature of splitting adzes. from Tlingit territory are rough and battered; 'some apparently were never completely trimmed and polished. The splitting adzes are rather difficult to classify, for they present considerable variation of form, and the several traits which might have had typologic value—type of poll, type of cross section, number of grooves, fluting, etc.—seem to occur in all possible combinations with little tendency to cluster. Nonetheless, a few major divisions may be made based on examples which are extremes in one or another respect, with intermediate groups for the in-between specimens. When further examples have been collected, it should be possible to refine, or entirely revamp, the present classification. Type I. Elliptical cross section, flat (i. e., wider than high), rounded poll (tig. 9, a). (I have seen but few of this type; they are quite distinct from the other forms, and may, indeed, be cultural sports.) i^AMNH No. , 19/106. 1" See fig. 8 for nomenclaturo of splitting adzes. "AMNH 19/133. "PRCM (no number).. 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 Institu
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