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Fig. 5. T'JiugittlirowiTij: 

 iiiKstiok.. British !\fu 

 scum. (C. H. Ivciiil). 



otlitM' Sauta Bjiibiira. spociiiu'iKs, and from tlu' fact that tlieotlujr throw 

 ing-sticiv'Sin the (;olh*ctiou coiTesi)oiKl 

 with their respective uiiiii1)er,s in the 

 catalogue. " 



Aeeonii»anying this specimen in the 

 same plate is a harpoon bearing the 

 following deserii)tion (Fig. li, PI. XL) : 

 " S[)ear with loose head." 



Now this Vancouver specimen is 

 identical in every i»oint with the one 

 from Lake l*atzcuaro excepting its 

 length, and i»ointsat this moment to 

 the most northern 

 limit of the type, 

 with finger holeson 

 either side. Any- 

 one familiar with 

 the apparatus will 

 see at once that it 

 will fit either the 

 right or the left 

 hand, while the 

 . northern ty]>e will 

 fit only one hand, 

 usually the rigid. 



In ri. XVII of my 

 former paper two 

 very interesting 

 Fig. 4. vaniouvtr ,,i,\ si)ecimens are 



retrieviug spear. -i i <• xi 



British Museum, dcscnbcd tr(»ju the 



(C.H.Kead.) Tlingit or Kolos- 

 chan area about »^itka. One of 

 these is figured in Ensign JS[il)lack's monograi>]i 

 (Smithsonhiu Report, Part ii, 18S8, PI. xxvii, Fig. 

 157). These specinu'iis are very old, are covered 

 with totenue devices, and rei)resent a decayed art 

 passed into its mythic stage, yindlar apparatus is 

 shown i n Mr. liiea<l's paper (PI. xl. Figs. 3 a, h, c. d, c). 



In this connection attention is drawn to a device 

 f(U' throwing a bird or fisli si)ear found along the 

 west coast of the United States, which slightly re- 

 calls Mr. Head's specimen. It consists of a flat piece 

 of wood with notches for two fingers, and it is at- 

 tached to the eiul of a long spear shaft. Historically fig- g. r.ird ami fish har- 



4-Ui,, : . . i. ^ J. ^ '-J.! J. ^ i i. liiHiii stuff, Makah In- 



this IS not known to be either i)arent or descendant .y.,,,^ washiii:;t<.ii statu. 

 of the Vancouver example, but being found half u.s. Xat.:\ius.,Cat.No. 

 way between Monterey IJay and the Tlingit area ''""'-■ <'^'- «• «^^^'"> 

 it rais(;s one of those inquiries which stimulate further research. 



