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ivory; 14 is a plug of ivory for closing a hole in the bladder; it has been made by drilling.
Three tension pieces for the harpoon line have two large holes and one smaller (like Naujan Pl. 5.6); two handles for drag lines, toggle shaped.
Pl. 74.5 is a heavy, loose lance head of whalebone with a large iron blade; it is rather flat, the shaft socket partly closed, reinforced by two lashings, and, typologically, occupies an intermediate position. between the old heads (Naujan Pl. 6.8, a type that is also represented in the Southampton collection) and the more round lance heads with closed shaft socket such as the Iglulik Eskimos use. Pl. 75.2 is a large, moveable lance head of a fairly late form; it is of whalebone, ends at the rear in a short tap, at the fore end with a blade slit (broken), in which are marks of rust; it is pierced by two holes at right angles to each other; another exactly similar lance head of ivory is 27 cm long. In Comer's collection there is a large lance head almost like Naujan Pl. 4.1.
Pl. 74.6–8 are flint blades for harpoons and lances; 6 and 7 are large, long forms, whilst 8 is the short, broad form with long tang which is known from Boas 1901, fig 89 a-b and d-e. Of shafts for harpoons and lances there are two specimens, both of whalebone; one is 16 cm long, quadratic in section, cut off square at the ends, each end pierced by two holes at right angles to each other, and from these deep, drilled grooves for the lashing lead out to the edge; the other specimen is 18 cm long, more rounded, with long scarf faces at both ends. Of ice picks there are four heavy specimens of ivory, 20–23 cm long, square or rounded in section, a scarf face at the shaft end and a hole just above it.
Pl. 75.7 is the broken end of a large, broad bow of whalebone; at the edges notches for the sinew backing can be seen; another piece of a bow is of antler, 32 cm long, up to 2.7 cm broad. 3 is an arrow head of antler, long, slender, a flat for a flint blade at the fore end, an oblique scarf face, covered with notches, at the rear end. All the arrow heads have a similar rear end to this; the older type with conical tang does not occur here; on one the scarf face is divided into two by a step. Pl. 74.9–10 are flint arrow points of the same lancet form with thin tang that we know from Boas 1901, fig. 84; one arrow point has the same form as the arrow points in the Kuk find (Pl. 70.4).
Pl. 75.4 is a strong leister prong or similar, of antler, fitted with two-rowed barbs. Of salmon spears there is only one fragment; on the other hand there are six trout needles of the type known from Kuk, often with the point slightly widened into a two-edged blade.
Of snow knives there is a whalebone handle, shaped like Naujan