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nated as indicated in the dotted restoration, which is justified by the fact that 

 there is a smooth cut at the place marked a. It was found in 1882 in a shell-heap 

 at Keene's Point, Muscongus Sound, Maine, by Mr. A. I. Phelps, and is now in 

 the Peabody Museum (No. 29234). This figure and the preceding one were 

 made after drawings sent by Professor F. W. Putnam, to whom I am also 

 indebted for descriptions of the specimens. This dart-head, like that represented 

 in the preceding figure, appears to have been detachable. 



Fio. 238. Alaska. (9822). Fio. 239. Michigan. (10054). Fio. 240. New York. (34763). 



FIGS. 238-240. Harpoon-heads of bone and deer-horn. 



Fig. 238. A specimen of ancient appearance, with damaged point and 

 base, and one blunt barb. It is rather thick in proportion to its size, 

 measuring half an inch above the elongated eye. Found near Stikine River, 

 Alaska, by Lieutenant F. W. Ring, U. S. A. 



Fig. 239. This specimen, a bone harpoon-head with three unilateral barbs, 

 is likewise broken at both extremities. The two lower barbs are of peculiar 

 shape, being provided with a kind of shoulder. The side seen in the illustration 

 exhibits the natural roundness of the bone ; the lower one is nearly flat. Thick- 

 ness in the middle nearly half an inch. This dart-head was found in an Indian 

 grave at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Michigan, and presented by Dr. J. D. Irwin, 

 U. S. A. 



