NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF   ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  53 
DECORATED    OBJECTS    FROM    LITTLE   DIOMEDE    ISLAND 
In  plate  14,  figures  3-6,  and  text  figure  8  are  illustrated  four  deco- 
rated ivory  objects  from  Little  Diomede  Island,  purchased  from  Eski- 
mos who  had  excavated  them  from  the  extensive  midden  on  which  is 
situated  the  present  village.  They  are  introduced  here  because  of 
certain  resemblances  in  decoration  between  them  and  some  of  the 
style  I  specimens  from  the  Hillside  site  at  Gambell.  There  are  indi- 
cations that  some  of  these  objects  may  have  been  contemporaneous 
with  the  subfloor  material  from  the  Hillside  site  at  Gambell ;  for  al- 
though depth  records  are  lacking,  the  pit  from  which  two  of  them 
Fir;.  8. — Decorated  ivory   object   from   J.ittle   Diomede   Island. 
(pi.  14,  figs.  1-2,  6)  were  said  to  have  been  excavated,  had  reached 
a  depth  of  at  least  10  feet  when  the  writer  visited  the  site  in  1929. 
Text  figure  8  shows  the  three  sides  of  an  ivory  object  of  unknown 
use,  natural  size.  The  upper  end  is  raised  and  flaring;  its  rounded 
top,  pointed  "  beak  ",  and  two  transverse  circular  perforations  give 
it  somewhat  the  appearance  of  a  bird's  head.  On  the  front  side 
the  body  is  divided  into  three  panels  by  means  of  two  deeply  in- 
cised lines,  with  bordering  lines  which  converge  upward  to  the  "  beak." 
The  spaces  so  formed  are  filled  with  a  series  of  slanting  parallel  and 
converging  lines  with  short  spurs  attached,  some  pointing  outward, 
some  between  the  lines.  The  arrangement  of  the  slanting  lines  on 
tlic  side  panels  is  essentially  the  same  as  was  observed  on  the  edges 
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