. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 85 Among the many interesting specimens secured for the Museum of the Academy, by Mr. Fig 3 John H. Sears, is a knife of dark talcose slate which is unlike any other that I have seen. The specimen is represented as figure 3. It was found near the church in Putnamville (Danvers) and is thus of marked interest to us as a relic from Essex County. It is slightly over five inches in length, and about one and one- half inches in depth at its centre. It is worked to a rounded point at each end, as shown by the en- graving
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 85 Among the many interesting specimens secured for the Museum of the Academy, by Mr. Fig 3 John H. Sears, is a knife of dark talcose slate which is unlike any other that I have seen. The specimen is represented as figure 3. It was found near the church in Putnamville (Danvers) and is thus of marked interest to us as a relic from Essex County. It is slightly over five inches in length, and about one and one- half inches in depth at its centre. It is worked to a rounded point at each end, as shown by the en- graving, and the smooth cutting edge is from point to point. The greatest thickness of the blade is one-fifth of an inch. The back of the knife is ground off to quite a thin edge, but evidently was never sharpened to form a cut- ting edge, though the back is so thin as to render its being held in the hand an uncomfortable matter while using the knife in this way, and the three holes that have been rudely cut, apparently by scraping backwards and for- wards with a pointed stone, on both sides, until a hole was made, are evidence that the knife was mounted on a handle from Putnamvme by passing bands through the holes and around the handle Essex Inst. Bulletin. v 8. Knife made of dark talcose slate, Full 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 Essex Institute. 1n. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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