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Fig. 4. Type I. 2 / 3 . 



low ridge on the upper side; there is often a horizontal plane be- 

 tween the line grooves. 



To this type belong: 



Mus. No. L. 3801. Snenses, house 406; length 8'5 cm. 

 (PI. XIII, 4). 



L. 3046. Snenses, grave 422; length 10 cm. (PL VIII, 3). 



L. 3042. Snenses, grave 422, miniature specimen; 

 length 3-8 cm. (PL VIII, 2). 



L. 3975. Rypefjeldet, house 527; length 8'3 cm.; 

 much weatherworn. 

 L. 4017. Rypefjeldet, from one of the houses ; length 

 8.5 cm. (Fig. 4 b). 

 L. 4018. Rypefjeldet, from one of the houses ; length 

 5'4 cm. (Fig. 4 a). 

 S From the region south of the area invest- 



igated by the Expedition, between 70 and 75, 

 there are several specimens of this type. 1 These 

 more southerly harpoon heads are slightly broa- 

 der between the barbs, but otherwise they ap- 

 proximate more nearly to the above mentioned type than to the 

 harpoon heads from Angmagsalik. 2 



Type II. Thicker than they are broad; quadrilateral with 

 rounded angles in transverse section. The line hole is drilled hori- 

 zontally, the line grooves being situated at the margins. 

 In the present collection, all the specimens of this type, 

 with the exception of the miniature harpoon shown on 

 PL IX, 3, have blade slits; one of the specimens is, how- 

 ever, so weatherworn that on this point nothing can 

 be stated with certainty. 



The following specimens belong to this type: 



a. With two barbs at the butt end: 



Mus. No. L. 3553. Renskseret, house 134 (Fig. 5); length 9 cm.; 

 bone blade still attached, being fastened by a bone naillinja 

 slit, 1*9 cm. deep; blade 2'8 cm. long and 2'1 cm. broad at the butt 

 end, where it originally had two small barbs, one of which is 

 now broken. 



L. 3798. Snenaes, house 406 (PL XIII, 5); length 101 cm.; 

 the blade slit, which was made by drilling, is 1*6 cm. deep and 

 0-3 cm. broad; no nail hole. 



L. 3800. From the same house as the preceding (PL XIII, 3); Type Ha 

 length 9'3 cm.; slit drilled, l'5cm. deep, O'Scm. broad; no nail hole. s/ s . 



1 In the National Museum in Copenhagen: L. b. 750 (figured by HYDKR I p. 314, 

 Fig. 13 a) and L. b. 715; moreover L. 4534 (this last is figured by THALBITZER I, 

 p. 325, Fig. 1). One specimen from the Swedish NATHORST Expedition is figured 

 by STOLPE, PL IV, Fig. 14 and by SVENANDER, p. 40, Figs. 4 and 5. - THALBIT- 

 ZER II, pp. 426 et seq. 



