NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND— COLLINS  4I 
Three  more  examples,  plate  13,  figures  5,  7,  8,  were  found  in  house 
no.  I  and  the  adjoining  midden. 
In  plate  12,  figures  1-4,  are  shown  four  artifacts  of  unknown  use, 
representing  a  class  of  "  winged  "  objects  which  has  come  to  be  recog- 
nized as  characteristic  of  the  Old  Bering  Sea  culture  (Jenness,  1928  a, 
p.  'jy ;  Mathiassen,  1929,  pp.  43-46;  Collins,  1929,  pi.  6,  fig.  7).  They 
all  have  two  prominent  wings,  a  central  "  body  ",  in  the  base  of  which 
is  a  large  socket  and  on  the  top  a  small  notch.  The  unfinished  specimen, 
figure  2,  from  house  no.  i,  is  the  only  one  of  the  four  which  cor- 
responds exactly  with  any  previously  described  ;  the  other  three  all 
exhibit  new  features. 
Plate  12,  figure  i,  found  between  the  floor  stones  of  house  no.  i, 
represents  a  new  ty^De.  On  the  side  illustrated  two  large  V-shaped 
notches  were  cut  out,  leaving  a  triangular-shaped  central  section  and 
two  incurving  wings  with  recurved  tips.  The  tip  of  the  left  wing 
is  slightly  hollowed ;  the  right,  straight.  An  oval  to  rectangular  socket 
II  mm  deep,  14  mm  long,  and  4.5  mm  wide  is  cut  into  the  base  of 
the  central  section,  and  above  it  is  a  small  notch  11  mm  long,  2  mm 
wide,  and  3  mm  deep.  A  rectangular  perforation  was  made  through 
the  apex  of  the  central  section,  and  in  it  remain  a  few  strands  of 
baleen,  probably  part  of  the  lashing  which  helped  to  fasten  the  object 
to  the  shaft  or  handle  which  fitted  into  the  socket.  The  opposite  side 
is  arched  or  convex,  and  the  tips  of  the  wings  recurved. 
Plate  12,  figure  3,  shows  the  same  basic  features,  with  an  elaboration 
of  the  wings  and  central  portion.  This  object  is  also  illustrated  in 
text  figure  4.  It  was  found  in  house  no.  2.  The  socket  in  the  base 
is  14  mm  deep,  16  mm  long,  and  7  mm  wide.  On  the  side  illustrated 
the  wings  proper  were  set  off  by  ledges,  now  broken ;  undercutting, 
which  proceeded  inward  from  these  ledges,  has  left  a  prominent, 
raised  center,  which  by  means  of  two  round  drilled  holes  and  bor- 
dering lines  has  been  given  somewhat  the  appearance  of  a  human  face. 
A  round  hole,  drilled  transversely  beneath  the  "  chin  ",  probably  had 
the  same  function  as  the  rectangular  slot  on  the  preceding  specimen. 
The  middle  of  the  opposite  side  is  convex,  with  the  wings  inclined 
backward.  Both  sides  bear  a  decoration  of  lines  and  small  circles 
(text  fig.  4)  so  finely  incised  as  to  be  almost  invisible  except  in 
just  the  proper  light.  On  the  front  the  broken  wings  are  outlined  by 
a  pair  of  curved  lines  with  a  few  straight  lines  beyond.  At  the  center 
a  line  is  incised  around  the  rim  of  each  "  eye  "  with  another  encircling 
line  about  4  mm  distant.  At  the  position  of  the  mouth  there  is  a  very 
small  irregular  circle  with  central  dot  and  two  pairs  of  upward- 
radiating,  converging  lines,  to  which  are  attached  four  long,  widely 
