HAHPOON-HEADS. 



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by the late W. M. Locke, of Honcoye Falls, Monroe County, New York. His 

 son, Mr. F. M. Locke, of Rochester, New York, informed me by letter that he 

 had found it himself about two miles south of Honeoye, on the old Indian reser- 

 vation called the Ball Farm. " It lay on the surface where there had been a 

 great many camp-fires, and the clayish ground was covered with ashes, preserv- 

 ing the spear and other relics that might have decayed, had it not been for the 

 ashes and clay." 



Fig. 231. Another remarkable harpoon-head, about a foot in length, not 

 quite half an inch thick in the middle, and exhibiting six well-cut unilateral 

 barbs, partly damaged. It is made of a long bone of some large animal. The 

 perfect lower part is comparatively thin, and fitted for insertion into a shaft or 

 socket. This specimen, which appears to be very old (the bone having lost its 

 animal matter) was found, according to the Smithsonian record, near Detroit, 

 Michigan, and presented by Mr. J. W. Paxton. 



Fig. 232. A single-barbed harpoon-head of peculiar form, being broadest 

 at the base, and tapering gradually to the point. About the middle it is three- 

 eighths of an inch thick. The side exposed to view shows the striae produced by 

 the instrument with which the dart was finished ; on the opposite side a small 

 portion of the marrow-cavity can be seen. In forming the base, a cut was made 

 all around to a certain depth, and the remaining part of the bone broken off. 

 At a distance of two inches and three-eighths from the lower end is an oval hole, 

 designed to connect the dart, perhaps a detachable one, with the shaft. This 

 specimen, which is of a yellowish color and well preserved, was found in the 

 Madisonville cemetery, and belongs to the Hon. Joseph Cox, to whom I am 

 indebted for its loan. 



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Pia. 233. (13004). Flo. 234. (10070). Flo. 235. (129!>9). 



FIGS. 233-235. Bone harpoou-heads. Alaska. 



