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the following specimens, of which some are figured on Pl. 67; A harpoon head, 2 (P4. 374), unfinished; it is of antler, very flat and apparently was to have had an open shaft socket; the line hole has two openings on the front side and one on the back; two powerful barbs and a slit for a blade, parallel with the line hole; the rear end, with shaft socket and spurs, is not completely shaped. A blade of ivory for a harpoon head, 6 (P4. 436); at the rear end it is shaped thinner Image missingFig. 76.House Ruin III; Kuk. and furnished with two notches for the lashing to the harpoon head. A facetted slate blade without hole, 4 cm long, rather narrow. A piece of a heavy whalebone shaft for a harpoon or lance, 27 cm long, 2.7 cm wide, rectangular in section; a scarf-face at both ends furnished with cross notches. Three arrow points of flint; one of them is 8 (P4. 396); the second is similar in size and shape; the third is a little less, of more irregular form and without tang. A piece of a bone arrow shaft or the like, round, the fore end cut square, the rear end with a scarf face. A piece of a flat wooden arrow shaft, one end with a scarf face. Two trout needles, one of walrus rib (10. P4. 384), the other of a leg bone, slightly smaller, the rear end broken off. A sledge cross bar, of antler; it is 34 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, rather curved, made of a piece of antler of which one side has been split away, thus making the underside flatter; the ends have also been made flatter and each furnished with two transversal grooves, 1½ and 4–5 cm respectively from the end; the distance between the runners of the sledge has therefore been about 25 cm. The broken end of a snow-knife handle, of ivory, widened out at one side and pierced by a hole. Four knife handles; one (9. P4. 382) is rather