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Some of the other objects are unimportant, while others do not belong to the Thule culture; most of them, however, judging by their appearance seem to be rather old. Pl. 77.1 is a heavy broken point with barbs of whalebone, possibly the middle prong of a bird dart; 8 is a rest for a kayak harpoon (compare fig. 51), of whalebone, triangular, with a decided point and a hole for the binding cord; 4 is a small, well made carving of ivory representing a walrus Image missingFig. 98.Winged Needle-case, Pt. Harrison. 1:2. with very long tusks; the eyes, nostrils and bristles at the mouth are indicated, while the whole of the face is covered with cross lines, resembling the technique of the wooden figures from Button Point; at the top is a hole for hanging the object up. Of the other specimens there are: five side prongs for bird darts with barbs (1–2) on the inner side, two thin arrow heads of antler, without barbs and with the shaft end cut obliquely, a side prong (with a barb of iron) and a middle prong (?) for a salmon spear; a specimen resembling a loose, miniature fore shaft for a harpoon, with two holes, one just in front of the other; and a piece of bone which has been separated from the rest by drilling.

B. Collection from Belcher Islands.

This collection, which is from graves on the Belcher Islands, which lie close to the west coast of Labrador, were acquired by Knud Rasmussen in 1922 by purchase from the station manager Henry Ford at Baker Lake, who was formerly manager of Little Whale River station, where the Eskimos from Belcher Islands brought him the specimens.

Of the 175 objects in the collection, 165 are of stone and of these 156 are of slate, principally a similar blue-grey, fine grain rock to those from Port Harrison. These slate implements, which are so predominant in the collection, are groupable into a comparatively small number of types: seven are triangular, facet-ground harpoon blades of the usual type, with 0–2 holes; only one differs by its size from the others (almost like Qilalukan Pl. 63.2) and has 5 holes. Four differ in having the rearmost corners cut off obliquely, see Pl. 77.14–15; another, rather larger specimen with one hole, and a very small one, only 2.2 cm long. At the bottom of 15 will be seen the remnants of 3

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