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The  decorated  fragment,  plate  12,  figure  13,  from  the  same  place, 
appears  to  be  part  of  a  fat  scraper.  The  design  consists  of  parallel 
lines  with  diverging  outer  ends  and  alternating  similar  lines,  the  di- 
verging ends  of  which  meet  at  the  center  to  form  triangular  figures. 
Plate  12,  figure  14,  is  a  thin  ivory  object  of  unknown  use  which 
was  also  found  beneath  the  floor  stones  of  house  no.  2.  It  is  carved 
to  represent  an  animal,  with  the  head  of  a  mammal  but  the  tail  more 
suggestive  of  a  fish.  At  the  center  a  slot  3  cm  long  and  3  mm  wide 
has  been  filled  with  an  inset  of  wood.  The  surface  on  both  sides  is 
covered  by  a  number  of  straight  incised  lines,  carelessly  applied.  Simi- 
lar lines  are  incised  along  the  edges  except  above  the  head,  where 
there  are  20  short  cross  lines. 
In  plate  13,  figures  5,  7,  8,  are  shown  three  objects  from  house  no.  i 
and  the  adjoining  midden  decorated  in  Old  Bering  Sea  style  i,  the 
same  general  style  as  was  seen  in  the  four  objects  last  described. 
Plate  13,  figure  5,  is  a  needle  case,  found  in  the  second  level  of 
tiie  midden.  After  breaking,  it  was  used  as  a  hand  drill,  the  lower 
end  having  been  provided  with  a  small  point.  There  is  a  distinct  bulge 
at  the  center ;  the  lower  end  is  tapering,  the  upper  end  constricted, 
with  a  slightly  flaring  rim.  Encircling  the  upper  rim  is  a  line,  from 
which  descend  a  number  of  short  spurs  and  four  pairs  of  longer 
spurs,  one  pair  to  a  side.  Around  the  lower  end  are  two  lines,  the 
inner  one  with  the  same  arrangement  of  spurs.  A  similar  pair  of 
spurred  lines  encircles  the  center.  Four  pairs  of  long,  curving  lines, 
placed  upposite  each  other,  extend  from  the  upper  and  lower  rims 
and  meet  at  the  center.  Between  these,  on  both  sides,  are  two  pairs 
of  short  curved  lines  with  inward  pointing  spurs. 
In  plate  13,  figure  7,  is  shown  a  broken  object  of  unknown  use, 
found  beneath  the  floor  stones  of  house  no.  i.  The  fact  that  there  was 
an  enlargement  of  the  under  side,  apparently  with  a  socket,  suggests 
that  this  may  be  half  of  a  winged  object  such  as  described  above 
(pi.  12,  figs.  1-4).  The  top  surface  is  flat  and  is  marked  off  by  two 
pairs  of  curving  lines.  At  the  right  end  (originally  the  center?)  is 
a  large  circle  1.5  cm  in  diameter  enclosing  a  smaller  nucleated  circle 
4.5  mm  in  diameter.  Two  prominent  spurs  are  attached  to  the 
periphery  of  the  outer  circle,  and  between  these  are  two  still  larger, 
converging  spurs  which  extend  outward  for  a  distance  of  3  cm.  At  this 
point  the  top  surface  is  constricted  to  a  width  of  i  cm  by  the  broadly 
l)eveled  edges.  Toward  the  end  the  top  surface  widens  somewhat  and 
is  ornamented  by  two  very  long,  deeply  incised,  curving  spurs,  beyond 
which,  at  the  extreme  end,  is  an  ovoid  figure  enclosing  16  closely  spaced 
parallel  lines.    The  beveled  edges,  like  the  top,  are  bordered  bv  pairs 
