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THOMAS THOMSEN 



a. Arrowheads with a pointed tang. 



In the majority of the North-east Greenland arrowheads the 

 same pointed form of tang is found as in West Greenland; to this 

 type belong ten specimens from the RYDER 1 and one from 

 the AMDRUP Expedition. 2 The latter specimen approaches the 

 West Greenland form very closely; it is up to now the only 

 barbed arrowhead known from North-east Greenland. The 

 others, without barbs, have more or less slender, leaf-shaped 

 blades and usually much shorter shanks than they have in 

 West Greenland. 



The arrowheads of this kind brought home by the 

 Danmark Expedition are unfortunately all more or less dama- 

 ged, and can thus hardly be taken as examples. 



L. 4021. Rypefjeldet (Fig. 20); length 14'2 cm. The shank and 

 the head pass evenly one into the other; the fore end is widened 

 to admit of a slit for the reception of the blade, which lies in the 

 plane of the greatest breadth, is made by drilling and is T8 cm. 

 deep and up to 1'5 mm. broad. There is no hole for nailing the 

 blade to the head. At the bottom of the slit for 

 the blade the head is one cm. in diameter. The 

 shank is so decayed that the form of the butt end 

 cannot be seen. 



L. 3806. Snenaes, house 406; length 20'4 cm, 

 Type similar to the preceding, but not much broa- 

 der at the fore end than at the tang; at the fore 

 end, which is defective, the traces of a slit for the 

 blade are seen. The shank is 8 mm. broad, and ter- 

 minates in a point with a small knob on each side. 

 L. 4022. Rypefjeldet (Fig. 21 a). Fore end broken 

 off; present length 8'4 cm., extreme breadth 1'5 cm. The head 

 is triangular in transverse section and tapers gradually to 

 a short pointed tang, which is 9 mm. broad and furnished 

 with two half screw-threads. 



L. 3558. Renskaeret, house 134 (Fig. 21 6); length 10 cm., 

 slender, extreme breadth of head 9 mm. and of shank 5 mm.; 

 pointed tang with slight indications of two knobs. 



L. 3727. North-west of Wendels Pynt in the neighbour- 

 hood of Danmarks Havn, tent 231; length 7'2 cm., extreme a b 

 breadth of head 6mm. and of shank 5 cm.; pointed tang pig. 21. 2 /s. 

 without knobs. 



All the arrowheads described above have, as far as can be seen 

 in their present condition, terminated in a pointed tang; in the two 



1 RYDER I, p. 309, Fig. 9. One of the specimens however is not smooth-sided, but 

 made with 4 vigorous cuts. 



2 THALBITZER I, p. 366, Fig. 8 and PI. XVI, 17. An examination of the piece itself 

 shows that its present state is not the original one; the rear end of the tang has 

 been pointed, but its extreme tip is broken and one side of the cone is now 

 decayed. Cf. further in Medd. om Gr0nl. LIII, p. 420. 



Fig. 20. 



