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without separate blade. The slit is 1*5 cm. deep. The slit and the line 

 grooves are made by drilling. No nail hole. 



L. 3947. Rypefjeldet, house 527 (Fig. 6 6); length 81 cm. 

 The slit is drilled, and only T2 cm. deep. No nail holes. 



L. 4019. Rypefjeldet; length 7 cm. Much weathered; it is un- 

 certain whether it has had a slit. 



The Copenhagen museum previously contained three 

 specimens of this type, viz. from Danmarks (70 26'), 

 from Cape Tobin (70 24') and from Sksergaards Halv0 

 (6807 / ). 1 A specimen from the NATHORST Expedition has 

 been figured by G. SvENANDER. 2 



Type III. Broader than it is thick, with vertically 

 drilled line hole; the single line groove lies along the 

 middle of the upper surface. There is no separate blade. 

 There are only two specimens of this type, both of which 

 are rather damaged. 



Mus. No. L. 3480. Renskseret, house 132 (Fig. 8) ; length 12'9 cm. 

 The right side is missing along the greater part of its length ; the 

 line of fracture crosses the line hole; it is uncertain whether it 

 has had one or two barbs at the butt end. 



L. 4020. Rypefjeldet; length 6'4 cm. On the under side 

 the line hole is widened for the reception of the knot of the 

 line. The line groove is for a short distance cut so deep that it 

 unites with the shaft socket. The butt end is defective; it appears 

 to have had one barb opposite the middle line of the^blade, and 

 in front of the barb there is a hole. 



Fig. 8. 

 Type III. 



Previously to this there existed only two specimens of this type, 

 from Skaergaards Halv0, the one with a barb op- 

 posite the margin and thus more closely related 

 to Fig. 8, the other with bipartite barb placed 

 opposite the middle line of the blade, like L. 

 4020, but with two line holes. 3 



Under Type 2 & an unfinished harpoon head 

 (L. 3799) has already been described. There are 

 in addition five rough-hewn specimens, showing 

 only slight preliminary working, viz. L. 3803 and 

 3804 from Snenaes, house 406 (PL XIII, 12), 

 length 11-4 and 7'4 cm. respectively; L 4183 and 

 4128 from the spring settlement near Rypefjeldet 

 (Fig. 9 a &), length 10'9 and 8'7 cm. respectively, 

 the latter from tent 607; and L. 3434 from Ren- 



1 L. b. 720 (RYDER I, p. 314, Fig. 13 c); L. 4533. (THALBITZER I, PI. XV, 2) and 

 L. 4460 (ibid. p. 351, Fig. 5 and PI. XV, 6) respectively. 2 SVENANDER, p. 40, 

 Fig. 3. 3 THALBITZER I, p. 349, Fig. 4 and p. 348, Fig. 3. 



