Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia . tely, on theupper- and lower-surfaces so as to produce a wavy cutting edge,which was evidently intentional. About three-fourths naturalsize. Macumba. See Type No. 14, p. 214. [Compare v., fig. 31.] Plate XX. An Implement of the coup de poing, or boucher, type,with a flat ventral side instead of being biconvex. The proximalend retains the cortical surface of the above, and is well formedfor gripping by the hand. Rather more than three-fourths naturalsize. Macumba. See Type No. 15, p. 215. [Compar
Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia . tely, on theupper- and lower-surfaces so as to produce a wavy cutting edge,which was evidently intentional. About three-fourths naturalsize. Macumba. See Type No. 14, p. 214. [Compare v., fig. 31.] Plate XX. An Implement of the coup de poing, or boucher, type,with a flat ventral side instead of being biconvex. The proximalend retains the cortical surface of the above, and is well formedfor gripping by the hand. Rather more than three-fourths naturalsize. Macumba. See Type No. 15, p. 215. [Compare xxvu.,pi. 11, figs. 7a, 76.] Plate XXI. A Hand Chopper that bears a certain resemblance to theAustralian tomahawk, but has been worked from a fragmentof Desert Sandstone. The cutting edge (the upper part in thefigure) is bevelled on both sides and is almost smooth, as thoughbaring been ground. If it be a ground Implement its relation-ship to the Australian tomahawk is self-evident. Slightly Oreek. Sc. Type No. 16, p, 215. an-, and Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. Vol. XLV., Plate pans, and Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. Vol. XLV., Plate XII.
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