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5 cm from the end are two rows of holes; at one of these the specimen is broken over; from there it narrows evenly down towards the other end, which is quite thin, and here both sides are covered with lashing notches.

Pl. 69.7 (P4. 641) is a fine example of the well known sinew twister for the backing of bows; near this another similar specimen was found, also of ivory, 11 cm long, as well as the marline spike 14 (P4. 659), which is another fine example, of ivory, and a similar specimen, broken, 12.7 cm long.

Of bone arrow heads there are two unfinished specimens and a small, flat, symmetrical head, 8.5 cm long (of which the blade accounts for 4.7), with the rear end cut obliquely and furnished with lashing notches. One of the unfinished heads is 31 cm long (the blade 17 of these) and has a pointed shaft end; the other is only 8.7 cm long, pointed at both ends. Pl. 71.4 (P4. 671) is a long arrow head of antler, at the fore end with a flat for a flint blade, the tang shaped like a square pyramid, covered with lashing notches and with one knob; at the back the shank is round, at the front rather flat. Another arrow head has a broken rear end and at the fore end a flat for a slate blade, which has been bound on by means of two holes; the groove which connects these two has been made by drilling. A 31 cm, rather curved arrow head, has at the fore-end a distended head in which there is a blade slit (compare Naujan Pl. 9.6–7); a little way behind this it is ornamented with 5 longitudinal lines; the tang is conical, sharp and square at the point, with lashing notches and two knobs; another specimen is the broken fore end of a similar arrow head. A broken shaft end has a conical tang with 2 knobs at the same height; another stick of bone, one end of which is more or less unworked, is cut obliquely at the rear end and furnished with lashing notches. Of arrow shafts of wood there is only a small stump with a scarf face.

Pl. 70.4 (P4. 772) is a handsome flint arrow point with large tang; one side is rather more rounded than the other. Four other flint arrow points are smaller and more irregular in shape. A small, irregular, ground blade of green jade, 2.2 cm long, with no tang, is possibly also an arrow point.

Implements for salmon fishing play a fairly large part in this find as almost everywhere at Kuk; the adjacent river, which abounds in salmon, has of course been of influence in this respect. Two small, thin, broken bone points, with respectively 5 and 15 two-sided barbs, are possibly leister prongs. Pl. 71.3 (P4. 627) is a side prong with appurtenant barb for a salmon spear of the type known from Naujan and Ponds Inlet; the prong is of whalebone, the barb of ivory;