ML KDOCH.] 



WHALE LANCE. 



241 



shaft. The shaft is rhomboidal in section with rounded edges, mid 



tapers from a breadth of 1 indies and a 



thickness of 1 at the. tip to a butt of 0-7 inch 



broad and 1 thick. The tip of the shaft has 



a whipping of sinew-braid 1J indies deep, 



&quot;kadded&quot; down on both edges, one end of 



the twine on each edge, so that the hitch 



made by one end crosses the round turn of 



the other, making in all twenty-six turns. 



The shaft lias been painted red for li inches 



below the whipping. 



No. 89590 [1031 ] is the head and 5 inches 

 of the shaft of a similar lance. The head is 

 of black Hint, and the sinew-braid forms a 

 simple whipping. The remaining heads are 

 all unmounted. I have figured several of 

 them to show the variations of this now 

 obsolete weapon. Fig. U31), No. 50077 [49], 

 from Utkiavwlii, is of gray flint chipped in 

 large flakes. The total length is 0-9 inches. 

 The small lugs on the edges of the tang are 

 to keep it from slipping out of the whipping. 

 No. 50679 [239], also from Utkiavwlii, is of 

 black flint and broader than the. preceding. 



Its length is 0-3 inches. No. 50080 [394], Fin. 239. Flint head of whale lanco. 



from the same village, is of light bluish gray flint and very broad. It 



FIG. 240. Flint heads tor whale lanccn. 



is 5-4 inches long. No. 5G681 [5], from Utkiavwlfi, is another broad 



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