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of  the  object  from  the  Hillside  site  shown  in  plate  13,  figure  7.  The 
other  side,  which  is  arched,  is  decorated  in  a  similar  fashion.  The 
lower  end,  now  broken,  was  perforated. 
On  plate  14,  figures  3  and  4,  are  shown  two  drawings  of  an  ivory 
drum  handle,  collected  by  Dr.  Ales  Hrdlicka.  The  outer  end  has 
been  sawed  off  by  the  Eskimo  who  found  it.  The  incised  ornamenta- 
tion is  very  similar  to  that  on  the  object  just  described,  consisting 
of  pairs  of  straight  and  curving  lines  with  spurs  attached ;  between 
some  of  the  parallel  lines  there  are  groups  of  two  or  three  short 
transverse  lines,  placed  at  regular  intervals,  somewhat  similar  to  those 
which  are  barely  visible  on  the  sides  of  the  gut  scraper  (pi.  13,  fig.  8). 
There  are  also  two  concentric  circles  with  spurs  along  the  periphery. 
The  most  interesting  feature,  however,  is  a  human  face  with  a  long 
.straight  nose,  large  mouth,  and  eyes  formed  of  nucleated  circles  set 
beneath  curving  double  lines  representing  eyebrows.  Short  spurs  are 
attached  to  the  eyebrows,  eyes,  and  lips,  and  there  are  several  angular 
lines  around  the  nose. 
Zoomorphic  treatment  is  also  seen  on  the  ivory  dart  socket  piece 
shown  in  plate  14,  figure  5,  although  it  is  not  clear  just  what  animal 
the  artist  intended  to  portray.  The  raised  ears  are  those  of  a  mammal, 
and  resemble  those  on  the  ulu  handle  from  the  Hillside  site  (pi.  12, 
fig.  12).  The  curving  lines  in  front  are  more  suggestive  of  the  gills 
of  a  fish,  although  from  another  viewpoint  they  might  be  considered 
as  the  downward-curving  horns  of  a  musk  ox.  This  feature  gives  it 
a  superficial  resemblance  to  the  well-known  carving  of  a  musk  ox 
originally  described  by  Merk  (1876,  pi.  11,  69  a,  b)  and  often  re- 
produced as  an  example  of  Paleolithic  art.  The  eyes  are  formed  of 
cylindrical  plugs  of  baleen  around  which  a  circle  was  inscribed.  The 
incised  lines  again  take  the  radiating  form  of  those  already  described ; 
there  are  also  short  detached  lines  similar  to  those  seen  in  plate  13, 
figure  8,  and  pairs  of  short  parallel  lines  like  those  in  plate  12,  figure  8. 
Plate  14,  figure  6,  is  a  drawing  of  an  ulu  handle,  reduced  one-fifth. 
The  surface  bears  an  elaborate  decoration  which  combines  features 
of  both  Old  Bering  Sea  styles  i  and  2.  The  numerous  longitudinal 
lines,  and  the  parallel  lines  containing  short  oblique  lines  are  charac- 
teristic of  style  I  ;  the  concentric,  nucleated  circles  and  the  oval  center 
design  are  more  like  style  2. 
All  four  of  these  objects  are  deeply  patinated,  having  the  same  rich 
brown  coloration  as  the  comparable  specimens  from  the  Hillside  site. 
Summarizing,  we  may  say  that  of  the  several  Diomede  pieces  de- 
scribed above,  the  dart  foreshaft  (pi.  14,  fig.  5)  shows  the  closest 
resemblance  to  the  style  i  pieces  from  the  Hillside  site.    Similarity  is 
