Contributions From The Heye Museum

Author : Heye Museum
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282072407
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Contributions from the Heye Museum, 1913-1915, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Heye Museum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions From the Heye Museum, 1913-1915, Vol. 1 The paddle (fig. 1) is fashioned out of a single piece of cedar, and may be described as consisting of a crosspiece, a shaft, and a blade. The paddle is in good condition, and the workmanship as a whole is excellent. It was found on a shelf in the cave and was covered only by a slight deposit of guano dust. The fact that the paddle is of cedar accounts for it not having been attacked by wood-boring insects, and as the cave in which it was found is a dry one, it was not subjected to decay. The crosspiece is 4% inches cm.) long and 1% inch cm.) thick. There is a small knob on the underside of the crosspiece, near each end, evidently designed to afford a better hold. The shaft is 2 feet (61 cm.) long and thickens toward the blade-end, the diameter being inch cm.) at the top and 1% inch cm.) at the point where the shaft broadens into the blade. The blade has a length of 2 feet inch is 6% inches (16 cm.) broad at the widest point, whence it tapers gradually-to a width of 1% inch cm.) at the extremity. The end of the blade is rounded, but whether or not the paddle originally had a sharp point cannot be determined. The blade is V3 inch cm.) thick at the widest point, and V2 inch cm.) at the tip. The shaft merges gradually into the blade, and four simple, angular lines are shown on each side as oma mentation, which also serve to let the thickness of the shaft taper down by even steps to the thickness of the blade. The total length of the paddle is 4 feet 2% inches (129 cm.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.