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NOTES ON A BONE OBJECT.
feature which is constant in all the specimens is the scooped
cut. This appears in most cases singly, or two of them are
placed opposite each other, but in the case of figs. 3a and 3b,
two, or perhaps more, of these cuts are placed end to end along
the front of the bone. This scooped cut may, therefore, be taken
to be the characteristic which determines this class of object, and
it may fairly be assumed that this was the functional portion.