48  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
Plate  13,  figure  i,  is  a  broken  harpoon  socket-piece  from  house 
no.  I.  Although  the  greater  part  of  the  surface  has  been  destroyed 
through  weathering,  the  design  is  clearly  visible.  If  this  specimen 
were  better  preserved,  it  would  undoubtedly  be  one  of  the  finest 
examples  of  Old  Bering  Sea  art.  The  design  centers  around  a  graceful 
figure  suggestive  of  an  animal's  head  with  open  jaws,  a  characteristic 
motive  of  this  art  (Jenness,  1928  a,  pi.  13,  h.:  Mathiassen,  1929,  figs. 
13,  a;  15,  b;  16,  a:  Collins,  1929,  pi.  i,  a-b,  e-f;  pi.  4,  a).  The 
"  head  "  rises  from  a  deeply  incised  transverse  line  which  divides 
the  decoration  into  two  sections.  It  is  outlined  by  broad,  deeply  in- 
cised, tapering  lines,  which,  as  they  approach,  are  connected  by  a  short 
cross  line,  thus  forming  the  "  snout  "  which  is  made  to  appear  more 
realistic  by  being  carved  in  higher  relief  than  the  surrounding  surfaces. 
At  the  center  of  the  snout  is  a  small  round  pit,  behind  it  another,  and 
then  two  more  to  represent  the  "  eyes  ".  The  latter  are  placed  just 
outside  of  two  rather  deeply  incised  converging  lines  and  are  bordered 
by  curving  lines.  There  was  a  replica  of  this  "  head  "  on  the  opposite 
side,  now  obliterated.  Adjoining  it  on  both  sides  is  a  similar  figure, 
facing  the  opposite  direction,  with  its  open  jaws  enclosing  the  head 
just  described.  It  difi^ers,  however,  in  having  a  squared-oil  "  snout  ", 
and,  between  the  "  eyes  ",  a  triangle  with  cross-hatched  interior  (not 
visible  in  the  photograph),  a  feature  previously  noted  on  a  harpoon 
head  from  this  region  (Collins,  1929,  fig.  i).  Above  this  second 
"  head  "  were  two  others,  now  three-fourths  obliterated.  The  remain- 
ing parts — at  upper  right — show  that  these  two  figures  were  similar 
in  arrangement  to  the  other  two ;  in  the  first  one,  however,  the  two 
pairs  of  lines  streaming  from  the  eyes  point  downward,  and  the  snout 
is  relatively  short  and  broad,  while  in  the  upper  figure  the  snout  is 
again  elongated  and  the  lines  from  the  eyes  extend  upward.  The 
decoration  on  the  lower  part  of  the  socket  piece  is  somewhat  different. 
Extending  downward  from  the  straight  cross  line  below  the  head  first 
described,  is  another  shorter  head,  now  almost  entirely  obliterated. 
Below  and  to  the  side  of  it  is  a  second  head  which  differs  from  the 
others  in  having  a  very  large  eye,  ii  mm  in  diameter,  formed  by 
three  large  concentric  circles  enclosing  a  round  pit  bordered  by  two 
smaller  circles.  In  the  space  between  the  two  groups  of  circles  are 
four  straight  radiating  lines. 
In  plate  13,  figure  2,  is  shown  an  elaborately  decorated  ornament 
found  in  the  upper  level  of  the  midden ;  the  decoration  appears  to  better 
advantage  on  the  two  drawings  shown  in  plate  14,  figures  i,  2.  The 
two  circular  holes  at  the  upper  ends  suggest  that  the  object  was 
worn  suspended,  possibly  as  a  gorget.  The  design  elements  employed — 
