ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HARPOONS. 



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Fig. -11. 



TOGGLE HEAD. 



West Greoiilaiid. 



Gift ol' Governor Fenekiit 



Oat. Xo. f>391'.t, U.S.N.M. 



ward and upAvard. Length, 3^ inehos; widtli or thickiu'ss through 

 line hole, seven-eighths inch; depth, tive-eighths 

 inch. (Jift of Governer Fenekner. Similar to tliis 

 specimen is Cat. No. <)3!>-J-i» (tig. -l-l), of l)on(\ in 

 form of a tiat hexagonal prism, the point al)rui)tly 

 cut otf. Line holes cut upward through the two 

 lower faces. In this example the spur is on the 

 left-hand side, if the line hole be taken as under- 

 neath. It is a little difficult to understand how 

 such an implement would toggle and hold. Length 

 of (>;59-t!>. '2w inches. Greenland. Gift of Go^-ei'nor 



KiMickner. 

 An old toggle harpoon head 



(Cat. No. 63iUr), U.S.N.M.). 



from west Greenland, made of 



hone all in one piece, in section 



a rounded triangle, is shown in 



fig. 42. The blade is formed 



Ity whittling the material to 



a pyramidal point with four 



faces. The line hole is bored 



straight through in the plane 



of the blade, enlarged and the rear edges whit 



tied down for line grooves. 



Bar])s, two, in fish-tail pat- 

 tern on the back. Socket, 



three - fourths inch deep ; 



butt, whittled out with slight 



incurve; length, 2^ inches. 



Gift of Governor Fenekner. 



Example 63947 (fig. 43), 



from the same locality, is 



a modern specimen of bone, 



on the same order, but an 

 iron blade was inserted at the point. The 

 line-hole cavities pierce the back, the grooves 

 are deeper, and the butt end is scooped out. 

 Length of »)3947 is 2f inches; from Greenland. 

 Gift of Governor Fenekner, 



A toggle head from western Greenland (Cat. 

 No. 63948, l^.S.N.M.), in shape of a long rect- 

 angular pyramid with rectangular cones, is fi?. 43. 

 shown in fig. 44. Point formed by whittling old toggle head. 

 down the sides. The })lade slit lies in the plane west Greenland. 



„ , , , . 1 (■ 1 1 I T • 11 '■''^'' °^ Governor Fenekner. Cat 



01 the long diagonal of the body. Line hole no. 03947, u.s.n.m. 



Fig. 42. 



SMALL TOGGLE HEAD. 



West Greenland. 



Gift of Governor Fenekner 



Cut. No. fi394G, U.S.N.M. 



