250 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



seen on the right side of the left-hand figure, is double. The barbs 

 on the margin are cut out square, as with a saw, but the sides of the 

 tang are curved in, lea^ang shoulders at their base, from which point 

 the body curves outward to the end of the spurs. The line hole is 

 formed, as in most examples of this kind, by two independent coni- 

 cal bores which meet at their inner point. Line grooves are con- 

 nected with these. The base is not cut off in a plane surface, l)ut has 

 the appearance of being scooped out, beginning on the under side 

 with a perpendicular surface, which slopes more and more toward the 



¥\g. o.'i. 



OLD BARBED AND TOGGLE HEAD. 



West Greenland. 

 Cat. No. e-sgio. U.S.N.M. 



horizontal as the ends of the barbs are approached. This specimen is 

 noteworthy for conserving the two tj'pes of harpoon heads in one, the 

 barbs on th(» sides, and the toggle. 



A combined barbed and toggle harpoon head (No. 63941, U.S.N.M.) 

 of antler from Greenland is represented in lig-. 36. It is rhomboid in 

 cross section, sagged downward in the middle, and delicately made. 

 The l)hide, of iron, formerl}- present, but now wanting, was held in 

 place 1)3' a rivet. The line hole, formed by the meeting of two excava- 

 tions, is curved, l)ut not visible on the back. Line grooves short and 

 whittled out. Barl)s, three — two in front of the line hole and one at 

 the butt. The barbs on the margin in front are sharp and prominent 

 for su('h a small specimen, the cut of each being three-sided. The 

 rear barb is cocked up and pointed, and its edges ornamented each with 



