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fore end, a blade slit at right angles to the plane of the line hole; a projecting ledge has supported the lashing round the flint blade. 5 (P4. 765) differs from the foregoing in having a blade slit (apparently for a slate blade) with a rivet hole and in this being parallel with the plane of the line hole; it is of ivory and has the same ornamentation as 3. Two others closely resemble this; both are without ornament; one is of ivory, 7.7 cm long; a hole for a lashing to hold the blade has been bored through obliquely; the other, of whalebone, 6.2 cm long, has a single spur and the hole for the blade lashing is parallel with the line hole. 6 (P4.525) is the only flat harpoon head from this house ruin; it is of antler, small and very slender, with open shaft socket and bifurcated spur; its slight size indicates that it is a salmon harpoon head, but it differs from the usual type of this implement.

Pl. 70.10 (P4. 897) is a heavy socket piece for a harpoon shaft, of whalebone; at the top it has a thick head, in which is the oval socket for the fore-shaft; at the rear it runs into a sharp point, covered with lashing notches; just in front of this point is a hole which is to serve as a hold for an additional lashing. Another socket piece, of antler, very defective, is only slightly widened at the top, where a groove runs round the socket for a reinforcing lashing; there is a similar groove further down. The rear end, which is broken, is closely covered with lashing notches; length 12.8 cm.

Of ice picks there are only two rather defective specimens, one of whalebone, the other of antler.

Of lance heads of bone there are 3 fragments, all of whalebone; two of them are broken rear ends, one very heavy, 4 cm broad, flat, with a flat face for lashing on the shaft; the best preserved lance head resembles Naujan Pl. 6.10 but is heavier, the hole in the shaft end is further forward and the fore end is broken off; length 25 cm.

Of blades for harpoons and lances there are 6, of which 4 are of slate and 2 of flint. Pl. 70.5 (P4. 656) is a finely facetted slate blade with the hole rather off the middle line. Of the other specimens one is the rear end of a symmetrical, facet ground blade with a central hole; the second is 3.5 cm long with the hole near one corner; the third is 4.5 cm long, more irregularly shaped. Of the flint blades one is 5.0 cm long, rather irregular in form, with a broad tang; the other is the broken fore end of a large, broad blade.

Two wound plugs of ivory with head and short neck; one is 11.4 cm long, slightly curved, with a sharp, thin blade, the other 5.7 cm long, round.

An end piece of a wooden bow, 11.5 cm long, 2.9 broad; in one end a knob for the string; here the thickness is about 1 cm. At 4 and