NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY   OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  8/ 
the  dominant  element  in  the  decorative  scheme,  there  is  no  undue 
emphasis  or  contrast  to  impair  the  effectiveness  of  the  composition  as 
a  whole.  This  harmonious  relationship  has  been  consciously  retained 
by  having  the  eyes  and  inner  border  of  the  mouth  made  to  conform 
exactly  with  the  other  elevated  circles  and  curving  lines.  The  ears 
are  carved  in  low  relief,  the  nose  is  higher.  The  opening  of  the  oblique 
line  hole  lies  at  the  inner  angle  of  the  jaws,  and  the  open  mouth  with 
its  long  sharp  teeth  is  shown  holding  the  upper  end  of  the  socket 
piece.  Behind  the  animal  heads  is  a  graceful  bilobed  figure,  which 
with  its  two  elevated  concentric  circles,  has  the  appearance  of  a  flat- 
tened-out  fish  head.  Opposed  to  this  is  a  somewhat  similar  figure 
enclosing  circles  which  are  set  off  by  outward-pointing  curving  lines. 
Between  the  two  figures  are  two  small  animal  heads  in  low  relief, 
featureless  except  for  the  eyes  which  are  small  drilled  holes. 
Style  3  was  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  rounded  contours  of  harpoon 
heads,  and  many  of  the  finest  Old  Bering  Sea  specimens  are  so  dec- 
orated. Several  have  been  described  previously  (Mathiassen,  1929, 
fig.  13,  a;  fig.  14,  b:  Collins,  1929,  pi.  i).  A  single  example  was  found 
at  the  Hillside  site  (pi.  23,  fig.  13)  ;  others  from  Miyowagh  are 
shown  in  plate  24,  figures  14-16,  and  plate  26,  figures  1-3,  15,  18-20. 
Although  there  may  be  considerable  variation  in  details,  the  general 
pattern  remains  constant :  pairs  of  elevated  concentric  circles  or  ellip- 
ses, usually  with  a  small  pit  at  the  center,  placed  on  either  side  of 
the  line  hole  and  often  on  the  basal  spur.  As  a  rule  the  artist  chose 
to  emphasize  the  idea  of  an  animal's  head  by  having  the  "  snout " 
stand  out  in  relief,  thus  forming  small  ornamental  projections  or  barbs 
along  the  edges.  The  panels  enclosing  these  "  heads  "  are  marked  off 
by  deeply  incised  lines  within  which  are  more  lightly  incised  con- 
tinuous and  broken  lines.  As  decorative  schemes,  these  "  animal 
heads  "  are  highly  effective  on  both  closed  and  open  socket  harpoon 
heads.  Although  they  appear  somewhat  more  standardized  when  ap- 
plied to  the  closed  socket  heads,  they  definitely  add  to  the  graceful 
symmetry  of  these  forms  (pi.  26,  figs.  18-20).  They  likewise  appear 
to  excellent  advantage  on  open  socket  heads,  where  the  prominent 
divided  spur  provides  opportunity  for  interesting  variation  (pi.  24, 
figs.  14-16;  pi.  26,  figs.  1-3). 
In  plates  20  and  21  are  shown  five  of  the  ivory  winged  objects  which 
are  so  characteristic  of  the  Old  Bering  Sea  period.  None  of  these 
Miyowagh  specimens  has  recurved  wings  such  as  were  seen  on  two 
comparable  specimens  from  the  Hillside  site  (pi.  12,  figs.  1,3).  They 
are,  however,  very  similar  to  the  unfinished  specimen  from  that  site 
shown  in  plate  12,  figure  2. 
