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ever, is rounded. It tapers towards the base where the inner edge is be- 

 velled for application to the shaft. 7 cm. from the base is a notch 

 at the outer edge for a lashing. Present length 15.3 cm. 



The following prongs belong to fish spears: 



L. 3696, from the camping ground on the east shore of 

 Stormbngt. A quite thin and flat point of bone with two (doubtless 

 originally three) barbs along one edge. Somewhat weathered and 

 broken off at the hinder extremity. Extreme breadth 1'4 cm., pre- 

 sent length 11*3 cm. It recalls the prongs of the sea-scorpion 

 spears used at Angmagsalik. 1 



L. 4184, from the spring settlement at Rypefjeldet (Fig. 16). An 

 outer prong, length 12'3 cm., extreme breadth 1'3 cm., and 1 cm. 

 thick, elliptical in section, with a small inwardly turned barb 

 at the tip. At the hinder end, the edge which faced the shaft 

 has been bevelled for application to the same. 



The prongs for fish spears illustrated on PL XVII, 3 

 4 were found on Syttenkilometernsesset, Fig. 4 in tent 78, 

 Fig. 3 among the objects found scattered about the settlement. 

 They are peculiar in that they are made of wood, and 

 so far as I know, they are the only prongs hitherto found 



made of this material; it may therefore be justi- F ig. 15^ '/ 2 . 

 fiable to regard the two finds, each as a complete 

 set, even if the prongs are not exactly alike. The material 

 and the slender structure render it probable that they were 

 made for a child. 



L. 321517 (PL XVII, 3). The outer prong to the right on the 

 plate is complete, 15 cm. long, with an inwardly directed barb 

 and a plane, 6 cm. long, for application to the shaft. In front of 

 this plane the breadth of the prong is 8 mm. and the thickness 9 mm. 

 The outer prong to the left is now 14'9 cm. long, but its tip with the barb 

 is missing; the surface for application to the shaft is 8 cm. long; 

 at the front end of the latter the breadth and thickness are 9 mm. 

 This prong differs from the former in having a notch at its outer 

 edge, immediately above the joining surface to receive the lash- 

 ing. The central prong is ITS cm. long; the part which has been 

 Fig. 16. inserted into the shaft is rectangular in transverse section and 

 i/ 2 . tapers gradually towards the hinder extremity, now broken off; the 

 point is slender, conical, and furnished on both sides with a barb; 

 the two barbs are not equal in size. 



L. 315153 (PL XVII, 4) is more slender than the previous set. One of 

 the outer prongs (the one to the left on the plate) is 14'2 cm. long, the 

 joining surface 7 cm.; at its fore end, the breadth is 5 mm. and the 

 thickness 8 mm.; the other side prong is 13 cm. long and has a taper- 

 ing splice, 6'5 cm. long, at the fore end of which the breadth is 6 mm. 

 and the thickness 5 mm.; both specimens have a small inwardly directed 

 barb. Of the middle prong, only the front part for a length of 6'7 cm. is 



1 HOLM I, PI. XV e; THALBITZER II, p. 435, Fig. 140. 



