_ KELIQUI^E AQTJITANKLE. 



Possibly, however, some of the more slender of these skewer-like instruments 

 may have been used as Pins, for fastening dresses and skins used as curtains 

 or otherwise. 



Fig. 1. An Harpoon-head, with a slender shank ; one of the longest that have 

 been found at the Stations in Dordogne. Its point is broken, but has been 

 neatly tapered and sharp. The shank or stem has on one side six barbs, wide 

 apart, with nearly equal interspaces, and gradually increasing in size from 

 above downwards. The lower end suddenly tapers to a point for insertion in a 

 socket ; and at two centimetres above this pointed end there are, one on each 

 side, two swellings or slight elevations, answering to the two knobs noticed on 

 other specimens, such as those figured in B. PI. I. This Harpoon, like most 

 of those about to be described, is made of Reindeer-horn, and is almost wholly 

 coated with a thin, blackish, calcareous incrustation, obscuring the shallow 

 grooves or channels on the faces of each barb, which are usual on most of these 

 old Harpoons and Arrow-heads. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 2. Another Harpoon, with only two barbs on one side. The top has been 

 carefully tapered to a point. The points of the barbs are at a greater distance 

 from the stem than in fig. 1; and the grooves are deeply cut, especially in the 

 second barb. The shank is slightly curved, with an evident swelling at the 

 middle ; and near the butt it has two prominent knobs, to aid in fastening on 

 the haft, or to hold on a string, connecting it loosely with the shaft. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 3. This specimen has perhaps been wrongly figured among Implements 

 referred to the category of Harpoons properly so called ; for it is easy to see 

 that it has been accidentally broken where its upper end has been roughly 

 retouched, without the marks of the fracture being quite removed. It is 

 noticeable also that the lines cut along the stem continue as far as the broken 

 end, and have extended further. Hence this specimen may have originally been 

 longer, with many barbs on each side. There remain now only two barbs, one 

 on each side, thick and strong ; and each of them shows two parallel grooves. 

 The shank is thick, tapering downwards below the barbs until it swells slightly 

 with the two usual knobs for holding a string on, and is then pointed for 

 insertion in a haft. 

 From La Madelaine. 



