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Among the arrowpoints without shafts, obtained on St Lawrence 

 island, are several of peculiar form. Among these the specimens 

 shown in figures 12, U, and 15, plate LXift, differ most from those 

 already described. They are all made from bone. 



Figure 11, plate LXi 6, from Kowak river, is a double-notch arrow- 

 point of deerhorn, and figure 10 of the same plate is a single-notch 

 ivory point from Nubviukhchugaluk. 



Figure 8, plate lxi6, from the lower Yukon, is a bone foreshaft with 

 a single notch on one side and with a small slate point. 



Figure 9, plate lxi6, from Point Hope, is a bone foreshaft with a 

 single deep notch and a well-made tip of chipped flint. 



Figure 6, plate lxi&, from Razbinsky, is a triangular slate point. 



Figure 7, plate lxi6, from Cape Prince of Wales, is a triangular 

 point of hard, green stone. 



Figure 22, plate LXift, is a beautifully chipped flint arrowhead from 

 Point Hope. 



Figure 21, plate LXi6, is a flint point from Unalaklit. 



Figures 20, 23, plate lxi&, are flint points from Hotham inlet. 



Figure 24, plate Lxifo, from Shaktolik; figure 25 of the same plate, 

 from Xubviukhchugaluk, and figure 5 of the plate, from St Michael, 

 illustrate well made flint points. 



Figure 13, plate LXi6, is an iron point, from St Lawrence island, 

 resembling some of the bone points in form. 



BIRD ARROWS 



Arrows with blunt heads of various patterns are used for killing 

 birds. 



Figure 2, plate lxic, is a featherless arrow from St Lawrence island, 

 with a rounded, conical head of ivory that has a hole in the base for 

 the insertion of the shaft. 



Figure 3, plate lxic, is an arrow from Cape Darby, with a bone head 

 that terminates in a knob-shape enlargement with a series of notches 

 around the edge, forming a crenelated pattern. 



Figure 4, plate lxic, is an arrow from Pastolik, with a long bone 

 head, which is excavated and crossed by two slots which form four 

 points ranged in a circle around the edge. The butt has two feathers. 



Figure 1, plate lxic, is an arrow from Cape Vancouver, with a round 

 head of ivory terminating in a conical point. Just back of the head 

 the shaft is crossed by two bone pins which are passed through it at 

 right angles, with the points projecting. . The butt has three feathers 

 which are bound on with a strip of whalebone. 



Figure 5, plate lxic, is a boy's bird arrow from Kigiktauik, with a 

 knob-like head of bone which has four points around its surface. The 

 tapering end of the shaft is inserted in a hole at the base of the head. 

 On the butt are two feathers. 



Figure 6, plate lxi c, shows an arrow, from Kigiktauik, with a double- 

 pointed bone head on which the raven totem sign is engraved. 



