NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE   ISLAND COLLINS  79 
The  function  of  the  small  perforated  ivory  object  shown  in  plate 
15,  figure  9,  is  uncertain ;  the  smaller  end  has  been  roughened,  proba- 
bly for  the  purpose  of  holding  a  lashing.  This  object  was  found  in 
the  upper  part  of  cut  19  (depth  17  inches)  accompanied  by  harpoon 
heads  of  early  Punuk  type.  The  ornamentation,  however,  is  definitely 
Old  Bering  Sea  in  conception  even  though  the  design  is  unique.  It 
consists  of  a  double  line  which  runs  along  the  edges  and  rises  to  two 
sharp  prongs  and  a  rounded  projection  at  the  upper  end,  an  oval 
central  figure,  and  two  small  detached  crescents — all  bordered  by  deli- 
cate dotted  lines. 
The  design  on  the  broken  brow  band  shown  in  plate  15,  figure  11 
(cut  27,  depth  42  in.),  is  another  that  is  new  to  the  Old  Bering  Sea 
complex.  Rising  from  a  base  line  are  three  equidistant  triangular 
figures  with  incurving  sides  and  hatchured  basal  angles.  In  the  curv- 
ing spaces  between  and  beyond  are  four  "  boat-shaped  "  figures,  the 
two  outer  ones  with  spurs  attached  to  the  upper  line,  the  two  inner 
ones  with  short  cross  lines  between.    In  its  conception  the  design  as 
Fig.  14.— Ivory  pail  handle  with   Old  Bering   Sea  decoration,   Miyowagh. 
a  whole  is  similar  to  that  on  another  fragmentary  brow  band  illus- 
trated in  plate  58,  figure  12. 
Plate  19,  figure  i,  is  an  ivory  handle,  probably  for  a  baleen  pail, 
from  cut  19,  depth  51  inches.  The  ornamentation,  although  simple,  is 
unusual ;  it  is  the  same  on  both  sides.  The  long  row  of  slanting  spurs, 
with  one  upright  spur  at  the  center  is  similar  to  the  end  designs  on 
the  scraper  shown  in  plate  13,  figure  8.  Paralleling  this  spurred  line 
is  a  dotted  line  which  also  follows  the  indentations  made  for  finger 
grips.  Along  the  upper,  beveled  edge  is  a  long  row  of  inward-pointing 
straight  spurs,  facing  a  similar  row  from  the  other  side. 
Text  figure  14,  from  cut  9  a,  18  inches  deep,  is  a  drawing  of  another 
pail  handle,  which  is  decorated  in  a  somewhat  unusual  fashion.  Down 
the  center  is  a  long  narrow  panel  containing  short  cross  lines  arranged 
in  pairs.  To  either  side  of  this  is  a  curvilinear  ornamentation  com- 
prising three  elements :  ( i )  at  the  ends  four  extremely  attenuated 
petaloid  figures  composed  of  concentric  lines;  (2)  continuing  from 
these,  four  other  figures,  similarly  formed  but  with  concave  outer 
ends,  and  (3)  at  the  center  two  narrow  rectilinear  panels  with  con- 
cave ends. 
