. Bulletin. Ethnology. 506 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 167. Figure 188,- -Aru5 Phase decorated sherds from C-9—Frei Joao. and incised, b, Modeled, c, Incised. a. Modeled Length is cm., width tapering from cm. at the blade to cm., at the flat butt, thickness cm. for two-thirds of the distance from the butt, where it began to taper toward the blade. Ax 5 (fig. 185, b) of fine-grained, light-gray diorite is smooth and well polished on the blade. The remainder of the surface is irregular, although lightly polished, and the butt shows use as a hammer. Length is cm., out
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 506 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 167. Figure 188,- -Aru5 Phase decorated sherds from C-9—Frei Joao. and incised, b, Modeled, c, Incised. a. Modeled Length is cm., width tapering from cm. at the blade to cm., at the flat butt, thickness cm. for two-thirds of the distance from the butt, where it began to taper toward the blade. Ax 5 (fig. 185, b) of fine-grained, light-gray diorite is smooth and well polished on the blade. The remainder of the surface is irregular, although lightly polished, and the butt shows use as a hammer. Length is cm., outline trianguloid, tapering from cm. at the convex blade to cm. at the butt. Thickness is cm. just above the blade tapering toward the butt. This also was found near jar D. Ax 6 (fig. 185, /), made of fine-grained, gray diorite, is incompletely polished so that the lines of concoidal fracture are not erased. Pecking at the center of both sides forms a slight indentation or waist. It measures cm. long, at the convex blade and cm. wide at the butt, with the thickness decreasing from cm. above the blade to cm. at the butt. Ax 7 (fig. 185, e) is a rectanguloid ax of fine-grained, gray diorite, only slightly polished on all surfaces. The blade is badly chipped at both corners from hard use, and the butt is chipped in concoidal fracture from use as a hammerstone. The length is cm., width cm., and thickness cm. at the center, narrowing to a point at both blade and butt ends. One of the miscellaneous sherds scattered throughout the site is from a bowl of Piratuba Plain shape 10 with the modeled figure of a bird perched on the hollow rim:. 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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