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known  examples  in  having  a  slight  downward  slant.  On  the  side 
illustrated  the  wedge-shaped  central  portion  is  raised  i6  mm  above 
the  wings,  on  the  reverse  4  mm.  A  hole  13  mm  in  diameter  is  drilled 
transversely  through  the  central  elevation.   There  is  no  decoration. 
Plate  12,  figure  2,  which  was  found  in  house  no.  i,  is  unfinished  and 
badly  weathered.  The  wings  are  straight ;  three  circular  pits  on  the 
reverse  show  that  it  has  been  used  secondarily  as  a  drill  rest. 
Plate  12,  figures  5  and  6,  are  two  small  carvings  representing  highly 
conventionalized  human  figures.  They  were  found  below  the  floor 
stones  of  houses  no.  2  and  i,  respectively.  Only  the  head  and  armless 
torso  are  represented.  The  head  of  figure  5  is  long,  the  eyes  rather 
deeply  cut,  the  other  features  not  indicated ;  length,  6.4  cm.  Figure  6 
shows  a  marked  projection  of  the  lower  part  of  the  face,  a  pointed 
head,  and  eyes  indicated  by  short  lines ;  length,  3.8  cm. 
The  large  head,  plate  12,  figure  7,  was  found  in  house  no.  i.  It  is 
5.6  cm  long,  2.9  cm  wide,  and  is  broken  off  at  the  neck.  The  head  is 
pointed,  with  a  small  forehead  and  chin ;  the  nose  is  very  long  and 
rather  high-bridged,  and  the  malars  are  prominent ;  the  eyes  are 
indicated  by  deep  lines  beneath  the  brows ;  the  upper  lip  is  very  long 
and  depressed,  with  two  parallel,  vertical  lines. 
The  fragment  of  a  harpoon  head,  plate  12,  figure  8,  is  introduced 
for  the  purpose  of  showing  the  use  of  a  simple  design — pairs  of  short 
parallel  lines — not  previously  known  from  the  Old  Bering  Sea  culture. 
The  specimen  came  from  house  no.  i ;  another,  exactly  similar,  was 
found  among  the  rocks  at  the  south  end. 
Plate  12,  figure  9,  is  a  broken  object  of  unknown  use  from  house 
no.  I.  The  upper  end  is  thick  and  rounded,  the  lower  part  flattened, 
with  a  flare  at  the  center.  The  decoration,  in  addition  to  a  few  lines 
along  the  edges,  consists  of  a  series  of  short,  slightly  curved  parallel 
lines  between  two  bordering  lines  which  extend  downward  from  the 
widened  center,  and  just  above,  two  crudely  made  concentric  circles, 
the  inner  one  containing  a  very  small  V-shaped  figure. 
Plate  12,  figure  10,  is  a  chain,  made  from  a  single  piece  of  ivory, 
found  in  the  third  level  of  the  midden.  It  consists  of  four  links,  the 
last  one  ornamental.  It  is  interesting  to  find  that  the  chain,  which  the 
modern  Alaskan  Eskimos  so  often  use  as  an  ornamental  attachment 
to  bodkins,  awls,  handles,  etc.,  was  already  known  during  the  Old 
Bering  Sea  period. 
In  plate  12,  figure  ii,  is  shown  a  harpoon  foreshaft  found  between 
the  floor  stones  of  house  no.  2.  It  is  triangular  in  cross-section,  the 
three  sides  being  decorated  independently  and  each  separated  from 
the  other  by  a  deep  longitudinal  groove.    Text  figure  5  shows  the 
