NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  5 1 
In  plate  23  are  shown  six  harpoon  heads  from  the  Hillside  site 
decorated  in  Old  Bering  Sea  style  2.  The  surface  of  plate  23,  figure  i, 
is  divided  into  three  decorative  fields.  The  center  design  occupies 
the  long  median  spur  and  consists  of  a  small  nucleated  and  slightly 
elevated  circle  set  between  converging  lines;  just  above  it  is  a  small 
bilobed  or  two-winged  figure  suggestive  of  the  "  animal  head  "  of 
]ilate  13,  figure  i.  The  two  shorter  basal  spurs  of  the  harpoon  head 
and  the  surfaces  immediately  above  are  decorated  in  similar  style  : 
each  contains  a  long  ovoid  figure,  its  upper  end  formed  of  two  curv- 
ing lines,  enclosing  a  small  nucleated  concentric  circle  from  which 
stream  two  pairs  of  straight  lines.  Above  the  ovoid  figure  the  surface 
is  covered  with  a  series  of  rather  carelessly  applied  single  and  double 
lines  and  short  detached  lines. 
Only  a  part  of  the  design  remains  on  the  broken  harpoon  head, 
plate  23,  figure  2.  Its  most  prominent  feature  is  a  flat,  nucleated, 
concentric  circle  with  two  small  opix)site  spurs,  set  between  two  pairs 
of  converging  lines.  These  and  similar  lines  are  bordered  by  rows  of 
broken  lines. 
The  decoration  visible  in  plate  23,  figure  4,  consists  of  deeply  in- 
cised border  lines,  a  pair  of  straight  parallel  lines,  single  lines  and 
broken  lines.  The  opposite  side  has  in  addition  two  nucleated,  con- 
centric circles  with  attached  curving  lines,  one  of  the  circles  being 
on  the  squared-off  projecting  spur  at  the  base,  the  other  opposite 
and  above  it,  to  the  left  of  the  pit  where  the  lashing  slots  emerge. 
In  plate  23,  figure  9,  is  shown  another  example  of  the  "  animal 
head  ",  to  the  left  of  the  line  hole.  The  "  eyes  "  consist  of  elevated 
concentric  circles  with  attached  spurs,  bordered  by  ctuwing  lines ; 
the  nose  or  snout  is  squarecl  off  at  the  end,  with  three  deep  spurs 
in  the  notch  below.  Opposite  the  "  head  "  is  a  figure  somewhat 
similar  but  with  a  curved,  slightly  everted  lower  end  and  one  cen- 
trally placed,  elevated,  nucleated  circle.  The  surface  between  the 
two  designs  has  a  few  detached  lines  enclosed  by  two  curving  lines 
above.  A  prominent  spur  rises  from  the  curving  line  which  borders 
the  line  hole.  The  spur  or  terminal  barb  of  the  harpoon  head  is 
meagerly  decorated  with  a  few  curving  lines  and  spurs. 
In  plate  23,  figure  10,  there  is  a  less  realistic  "  head  "  occupying 
the  same  relative  position  as  the  one  just  described.  It  is  longer 
and  narrower,  and  the  small  concentric  circles  forming  the  eyes  are 
flat  instead  of  elevated  ;  there  is  a  third  similar  circle  between  the 
eyes  and  the  snout.  The  latter  is  cut  oft"  square  as  in  plate  2;^,,  figure  9, 
with  two  similar  spurs  in  the  notch  below.  The  line  hole  and  base 
of  the  blade  slit  are  bordered  by  two  pairs  of  curving  lines,  between 
