NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  89 
shown  in  plate  15,  figure  3  ;  furthermore,  the  "  bird  heads  "  with  down- 
ward pointing  beaks  which  are  incised  on  the  wings  are  practically 
identical  in  form  and  spirit  with  those  shown  in  plate  15,  figure  3.  The 
basal  socket  on  the  present  specimen  is  rectangular  in  shape  and  is 
1.4  cm  deep;  the  cylindrical  lashing  holes  were  drilled  obliquely 
through  the  wings,  beginning  at  their  bases  and  emerging  at  the  notches 
above. 
The  small  winged  object  shown  in  plate  20,  figure  3  (cut  8,  depth 
23  in.)  differs  from  the  others  in  having  a  raised  central  section  on 
the  back  side  which  is  more  or  less  rectangular  in  outline  with  very 
short  wings.  The  basal  socket  is  oval-rectangular,  and  the  circular 
lashing  hole  runs  transversely  through  the  raised  center.  The  decora- 
tion on  the  back  side  (pi.  21,  fig.  3)  consists  of  several  carelessly 
incised  lines  and  a  very  schematic  human  figure — the  body  represented 
by  a  straight  line,  arms  by  two  short  lines  and  head  by  an  oval  with 
eyes,  eyebrows,  nose,  and  mouth  indicated  by  dots  and  lines — just 
such  a  drawing  as  might  be  made  by  a  child.  The  crude  and  care- 
lessly incised  figures  on  the  front  side  also  appear  to  be  the  work  of 
a  child  or  an  amateur. 
Plate  20,  figure  5,  is  a  poorly  preserved  specimen  from  cut  9  a, 
depth  38  inches.  The  raised  central  section  on  the  back  side  differs 
from  the  others  in  having  the  wings  pointed  downward.  The  socket 
in  the  base  is  2.3  cm  long,  1.7  cm  wide,  and  1.2  cm  deep.  The  lashing 
holes  were  drilled  up  from  the  bottoms  of  the  wings  as  in  plate  21, 
figures  I  and  3,  but  they  stop  at  the  center  of  the  raised  section  where 
they  meet  in  a  deep  groove.  Ornamentation  on  this  side  consists  of 
nucleated  concentric  circles,  long,  pointed  spurs,  and  straight  and 
curving  lines,  skillfully  arranged  with  reference  to  the  deep  groove 
at  the  center. 
On  all  of  the  above  objects  except  the  unfinished  specimen,  plate  21, 
figure  2,  there  is  a  shallow  indentation  or  pit  at  the  end  of  the  pointed 
central  projection.  The  possible  significance  of  this  feature  with 
regard  to  the  function  of  the  winged  objects  as  a  group  will  be  dis- 
cussed later  when  the  comparable  forms  from  the  Punuk  sites  are 
described. 
In  addition  to  the  above  there  are  three  unfinished  specimens  (from 
cut  7,  51  in.;  cut  23,  25  in.;  cut  27,  16  in.)  and  a  small  decorated 
fragment  of  a  wing  from  cut  18,  depth  18  inches.  There  are  also 
three  toys,  well  made  miniature  replicas  of  the  full  size  objects,  from 
cut  18,  60  inches;  cut  27,  46  inches;  cut  5,  23  inches.  These  are 
illustrated  with  other  toys  in  plate  59,  figures  22,  23,  24. 
