(6) The fork of a root or branch was trimmed so as to make a flat face at any desired angle, to which the celt was lashed, a shoulder, against which the end of the celt was set, being sometimes cut in the wood;
(7) A stick was split its entire length and a single turn taken around the celt, the ends being brought together and tied, forming a round handle;
(8) A stick was split part way, one fork cut off and the other wrapped once or twice and tied, thus forming a round handle of solid wood.
Fig. 47.—Celt, showing blade thick near edge.
Fig. 48.—Celt, showing blade thick near edge.
Forms 5 and 6 were used as adzes; forms 7 and 8 are the same methods as employed in hafting grooved axes.
A mounting similar to form 4 is seen in some Alaska specimens of celt-scrapers in which the implement is fastened to a piece of wood so as to project a short distance, and used like a plane. In all these, the celt is very firmly fastened to the handle with sinew or rawhide, which, when put on green, contracts with great force and binds like wire.
As to the forms of celts, no division is practicable based on anything but their entire appearance. The following descriptions and tabulations represent the material of this kind in the Bureau collection: