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pits  around  which  the  circles  are  inscribed  are  sHghtly  more  than 
3  mm  deep,  and  each  of  them,  except  the  one  at  the  rear,  is  placed 
on  a  rounded  elevation.  The  two  larger  holes  extend  through  to 
the  under  side,  emerging  at  the  openings  formed  by  the  two  slots. 
Plate  15,  figure  4,  is  a  small  pendant  or  toggle  with  a  slotted  base 
from  cut  18,  depth  18  inches.  Decoration  is  restricted  to  a  series  of 
lines  around  the  lower  border :  first  a  pair  of  parallel  lines  with  cross 
lines  at  regular  intervals  forming  narrow  rectangular  spaces,  each 
with  a  single  straight  line  at  the  center ;  rising  from  this  base  line  at 
either  end  is  a  curving  line,  terminating  in  a  sharp  tip  at  the  center ; 
a  broken  line  follows  the  lower  border  of  the  opening  at  the  top. 
Plate  15,  figure  5,  is  the  lower  end  of  a  harpoon  head  from  cut  3, 
depth  54  inches.  The  broken  edges  are  smoothed  and  worn  as  if  by 
constant  handling,  suggesting  that  it  was  preserved,  perhaps  as  an 
amulet,  long  after  it  had  been  broken  and  discarded.  The  ornamenta- 
tion was  applied  with  more  than  ordinary  skill.  The  design  centers 
around  two  figures  placed  on  either  side  of  the  sunken  pit  where  the 
lashing  slots  emerge ;  one  of  these  is  ovoid  in  shape,  with  a  small  four 
pointed  star  at  the  slightly  raised  center ;  the  other  is  an  oval  panel 
with  a  straight  base  from  which  rises  a  small  triangular  figure  with 
incurving  sides,  a  design  similar  to  that  observed  on  the  haunch  of 
the  ivory  polar  bear  from  the  Hillside  site  (pi.  13,  fig.  3). 
The  button-shaped  ivory  ornament  shown  on  plate  15,  figure  6, 
was  found  in  cut  19,  at  a  depth  of  63  inches.  The  base  is  slotted  in 
the  manner  of  plate  15,  figures  3  and  4,  and  a  central  perforation 
extends  through  to  the  slot  from  the  upper  side.  By  cutting  out  four 
triangular  segments  the  remaining  central  portion  was  given  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  Maltese  cross.  Each  of  the  four  arms  is  ornamented 
by  bordering  lines,  continuous  and  broken,  inclosing  at  the  center  a 
nucleated  concentric  circle. 
Plate  15,  figure  10,  is  a  small  hook  which  appears  to  have  been  re- 
adapted  from  some  other  implement.  It  comes  from  the  surface  layer 
of  cut  19  in  the  Punuk  section  of  the  midden  and  should  probably 
be  regarded  as  a  relic  or  an  heirloom.  At  the  lower  end  are  two  small 
circles  with  appended  lines,  placed  at  the  center  of  oval  panels,  and 
on  the  upper  end  is  a  similar  panel  enclosing  a  circle  (partly  cut 
through  by  the  hole)  from  which  two  pairs  of  appended  lines  descend 
obliquely  to  the  right.  The  design  is  completed  by  the  usual  broken 
and  continuous  lines. 
In  plate  17,  figure  i,  is  shown  a  fragmentary  fat  scraper  from  cut 
9  a,  depth  50  inches,  which  is  decorated  in  a  style  difficult  to  classify 
exactly.   Despite  the  prominence  of  the  circles,  which  are  suggestive 
