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Grave 45. Entirely collapsed; seems to have been E.—W. In the W. end an oval bowl bottom of wood, 13.7 cm long.

Grave 46. Child's grave; 0.9 × 0.35 m; NNE.—SSW. Roof removed. Empty.

Grave 47. Everything disturbed; roof removed; one side collapsed. Length about 1.2 m; NW.—SE.

Grave 48. Somewhat disturbed; 1.3 × 0.7 cm; NE.—SW. Empty.

Group V. On the promontory SW. of Naujan Settlement. 3 graves on a small gravel patch, 6–7 metres above s. l.

Grave 49. Fallen in; has been NNE.—SSW.; a number of bones preserved; the skull in the south end.

Grave 50. Entirely collapsed: ENE.—WSW. No skull.

Grave 51. Has faced towards the south, slightly to the west. The skull in the north end; near the west side of the north end, outside the grave, lay: a bird-harpoon head and its fore-shaft (Pl. 37. 12-13) ; both are of antler; the head is slender, with one long spur and blade slit, no line hole or groove. At the fore end the fore-shaft is cut off straight, it has a powerful side barb and a conical tang with 2 knobs. An arrow head of antler, 25 cm long, without barbs, with conical tang and 2 knobs at different heights; 2 thin wooden sticks presumably fragments of arrow shafts. A piece of the frame of the manhole of a kayak, of wood, with 2 rows of holes; broken at the lowest row; the upper row of holes connected by a longitudinal groove. The slate blade Pl. 37. 11; it is rectangular; at one end two pairs of opposed notches and an unfinished hole; the side edges sharp, the end edges blunt; use uncertain. A very curved object, formed out of the shell of a walrus rib; one end shaped conically, the other slightly widened as a blade.

Group VI. At the West end of the island Simiutaq. 3 graves on a low rock terrace, 6–7 metres above s. 1.

Grave 52. Roof removed; 1.5 × 0.55 m; towards W. slightly to S. Skull to west, otherwise not many parts of the skeleton; outside the grave, by the north side, near the west end and also near the east end, lay: an unfinished harpoon head of Type 5, but flatter than those of this type found at the settlement; it will be seen on fig. 18; it is of ivory; the shaft socket is only very small, not completed. In the blade slit of this harpoon head was inserted one edge of the figured slate blade, which is not finished either, one edge being blunt. Two fore-shafts for harpoons; of whalebone; one of them, fig. 19, has a similar small, lateral line hole to most of those in the settlement find; the other, which is rather shorter, has a large hole through the middle and a small, but not projecting, eye, a