ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HARPOONS. 



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two crenate notches. Butt tut oii' at a sharp angle, nearly in a single 



plane; socket wide and shallow. Between the line holes and the socket 



is an ingenious combination of perforations and gutters for repairing. 



Length, 3f inches. Gift of Governor Fenck- 



ner, of Greenland. 



Of this same type and pattern, but ruder, 



is Cat. No. 45910, from Greenland, made of 



bone, and somewhat dilapidated. The hard 



bone forms the back, and the excavations 



on the belly are in the spongy portion; the 



reverse of this is usuallv true. The slight 



barbs on the edges are quite squarely sawed 



out and the single barb at the rear much 



bent upward. Length, 3f inches. Gift of 



the (,'openhagen ]\Iuseum. 



A combined barbed and toggle head (Cat. 



No. 63942. U.S.N.M.) from Greenland, 



made of l)one, is shown in tig. 37. Body 

 flat on the bell}^ 

 and conformed to the 

 shape of the mate- 

 rial on the back; an 

 unwise method, be- 

 cause in this case the 

 spongy tissue has to 

 take the strain. Sep- 

 arate blade, none, the 

 material being sharp- 

 ened to a point and 



edge. Line holes small, set at an extraordi- 

 narily acute angle to each other and barely con- 

 tinued through to the back. Line grooves 

 scarcely visible. Bar))s, four — two broad, angu- 

 lar teeth in front, one on either side, and two 

 angular toothed projections behind. Socket 

 shallow and wide. Butt end gouged or dished 

 out, so as to give free play to the loose shaft, 

 and leaving the barbs, looking from the under 

 side, like a pair of fins. Length, 4 inches. Col- 

 lected b}^ Governor Fenckner. With this exam- 

 ple should be compared Nos. 63940 and 45886 — 



the former of whale's rib, the latter of antler. Both these examples 



are of the same general pattern, but have had iron blades. It should 



be noted as a local peculiarity that the former has a three-sided notch 



at the front barbs, the latter onl\^ a two-sided notch. 



A toggle head of ivory (Cat. No. 63943, U.S.N.M.) from Greenland, 



Fig. 36. 



BARBED AND TOGGLE HEAD. 



West Greenland. 



t of Governor Fenckner. Cat. No. 

 63941, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 37. 

 BARBED AND TOGGLE HEAD. 



West Greenland. 



Qilt of Governor Fenckner. Cat. 



No. 63942, U.S.N.M. 



