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English: Plate 21.
Daggers undergo various modifications, according to the grade of culture, the materials at hand, and the taste or idiosyncrasies of peoples. The series here shown is suggestive of the steps of progress in hand weapons for piercing. The first forms were pointed spines of vegetal or animal substances, either in their natural state or ground to a point. Metal weapons of this class for merely piercing are scarce. The function of cutting as well is easily added by mak- ing the blade triangular and sharpening the sides. The effect is then to pierce a vital organ or to sever a blood vessel. The bayonet is the modern expression of the hand weapon for piercing added to a musket or rifle. No. 1. Fragments of flinty stone slightly sharpened at one end to form a point 100,257 No. 2. Prongs of antlers, one end sharpened, the other serving for a grip, 99,568, 137,208 No. 3. Split thigh bones ground to a point at one end, the other serving for a grip 58,241,167,760 No. 4. Pointed bone and antler, with grip cut out into forms 156,624, 19,269 No. 5. Long blades of chipped stone pointed at one end 20,419 No. 6. Chipped blades, hastate in outline, with blade and grip in one piece, but distinctly outlined 58,485, 32,831 No. 7. Blades of chipped stone, chipped glass, and iron set in the ends of spindle-shaped handles 168,563, 131,220, 16,361 No. 8. Leaf-shaped blades of chipped stone and metal set in grips of wood and covered with pitch or hide 5,532, 126,527 No. 9. Copper blades, lanceolate, with tangs for hafting 191, 587, 149,722 No. 10. Bronze blades with socket or flat tang for hafting 101,347 No. 11. Double dagger of copper from Sitka, Alaska. Lanceolate blade, plain on one side, fluted on the other ; constricted to form the grip ; butt end pentagonal and ornamented with the design of a human face 89,020 No. 12. African curved knife with crescent-shaped blade, pointed, and having angular offsets from the edges near the base ; tang drawn into the hilt. Serves for slashing, cutting, picking, and throwing 174,899 No. 13. Bagdad dagger saber with curved blade ; ribbed along the middle on each face ; tang driven into the hilt, which is a flat ellipse in section cut out to fo/m the grip 151,829 No. 14. Malay krises, one with straight, one with flame-shaped blade; hilt carved to fit the hand 153,339, 153,341 No. 15. Catalan hinged dagger. Razor-shaped blade; hinge furnished with spring and with ratchet to set the blade at several angles ; handle, of double design, adorned with brass and mother-of-pearl 151,161 |
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| Source | Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl. |
| Author | United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. |
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