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used in the small spears. They are from St Michael. Figure 17 of the 

 same plate shows a seal spearpoint notched aloug one side. It also 

 came from St Michael. 



Figure 20, plate LVII &, from Norton bay ; figure 10, plate LVII 6, from 

 Cape Nome, and figure 19, plate LVII i, from Nunivak island, are exam 

 ples of the points used in the large hand spears thrown by means of a 

 finger rest on the side of the shaft. 



Figure 33, plate LVII 6, from Anogognmt, is a head for a light spear 

 cast with a throwing stick and used in connection with the detachable 

 harpoon head and sealskin float. 



Figure 12, plate LVII &, from Kigiktauik, is the point for one of these 

 spears made entirely of deerhoru. Ordinarily these points are tipped 

 with iron, copper, or stone set in a slot in the end of the point. When 

 not in use these points, which have a permanent loop fastened to them, 

 are kept in a wooden sheath to prevent the thin metal or stone tip from 

 being broken. 



Figure 14, plate LVII b, from Kushunuk, is one of these points having 

 a triangular copper tip. On both the front and the back of the point 

 raven totem signs are etched. 



Figure 15, plate LVII Z&amp;gt;, from Kaialiganmt, shows another of these 

 points with the sheath in position over the tip. 



Figure 5, plate LVII/V, from Chalitmut, is an iron point for a walrus 

 spear, fastened to the bone rod which connects it with the spearhead. 

 The rod is lashed to a wooden butt which fits into the spearhead. 



Figure G, plate LVII fc, from Sledge island, is a detached point for one 

 of these spears with a triangular tip of thin iron. It terminates at the 

 inner end in a single beveled point. 



Figure 8, plate LVII I, from Sledge island, is a point for one of these 

 spears made entirely from iron worked down to a shape similar to that 

 of the others. 



Figure 13, plate LVII &, from St Lawrence island, is a curiously 

 shaped point for one of these spears made from bone with a thin iron 

 tip inserted in a slot. 



Figure 11, plate LVII 6, from Unalaklit, is a bone point for a large 

 hand spear, the inner end terminating in two sharp points. 



Figure 4, plate LVII I, obtained on Nunivak island by Doctor Ball, 

 is a good example of a head for a large spear, with a sheath made of 

 wood and wrapped with spruce root. 



Figure 7, plate LViii, from Sledge island, is a specimen of the ivory 

 rods used to connect the detachable spearpoint with the head of the 

 spear shaft. 



Figure 1, plate LVII 6, from Cape Xome, is a walrus ivory spur, such 

 as is used at the butt of the large hand spears for \valrus and whales. 

 This specimen is very old, and has etched along its surface upon one 

 side scenes of whale and walrus hunting in umiaks, and wolves and 

 the killer whale upon the other. 



