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only  in  having  the  blade  slit  at  right  angles  to  the  line  hole.  The 
earlier  examples  of  this  type  from  Miyowagh  (pi.  26,  figs.  1-5)  are 
large,  and  most  of  them  have  prominent  divided  basal  spurs  and  an 
Old  Bering  Sea  decoration;  the  later  forms  (pi.  26,  figs.  6-10)  are 
smaller,  have  basal  spurs  which  have  been  reduced  to  a  point  where 
they  are  merely  "  irregular  ",  and  have  a  typical  Punuk  i  decoration 
consisting  either  of  lines  alone  (phase  i — pi.  26,  fig.  6)  or  of  lines 
together  with  short  spurs  and  dots  (phase  2 — pi.  26,  figs.  7-9).  Plate 
28,  figure  23,  is  one  of  the  few  closed  socket  heads  with  a  phase  i, 
style  I,  decoration. 
Phase  2  of  Punuk  style  i  comes  into  greater  prominence  with  the 
appearance  of  the  next  group — open  socket  types  III  (a)  x  and  III 
(a)  y — which  are  the  two  dominant  types  of  the  early  Punuk  stage 
at  Miyowagh.  Examples  are  shown  in  plate  28,  figures  8-17,  as  well 
as  on  the  less  common  closed  socket  forms,  such  as  plate  28,  figures 
19-22,  25-27.  One  of  these  (pi.  28,  fig.  15)  differs  from  the  others 
in  having  rows  of  dotted  lines  down  the  sides,  a  feature  reminiscent 
of  Old  Bering  Sea  art. 
A  typical  example  of  phase  2  of  Punuk  style  i  is  that  incised  on 
the  ivory  ulu  handle  shown  in  plate  22,  figure  i.  This  specimen  was 
purchased  from  an  Eskimo  who  had  excavated  it  from  a  depth  of 
3  feet.  A  unique  feature  is  the  circular  opening  at  the  front  end  for 
the  index  finger ;  there  is  also  an  oval  depression  for  the  thumb  and 
on  the  opposite  side  two  grooves  for  the  fingers.  The  ornamentation 
is  rather  simple,  consisting  of  single  lines  and  dots,  the  latter  either 
detached  or  placed  at  the  ends  of  short  lines.  At  the  front  end,  around 
the  finger  opening,  is  a  pair  of  lightly  incised  parallel  lines  and  sev- 
eral rows  of  dotted  lines,  both  of  which  are  Old  Bering  Sea  elements. 
At  the  back  end  there  was  a  small  perforation  which  may  originally 
have  held  an  ornamental  link.  The  blade  slit  is  4  mm  wide  and  IQ  mm 
deep. 
Another  example  of  phase  2  of  style  i  is  the  small  ivory  plaque 
or  ornament  shown  in  plate  22,  figure  4,  from  cut  19,  depth  12  inches. 
It  is  decorated  with  curving  lines  and  dots  and  has  at  the  center  a 
nucleated  circle  which  was  made  freehand.  The  lines  lack  the  regular- 
ity and  precision  of  those  typical  of  later  Punuk  art,  but  they  have 
the  characteristic  straight,  flat  bottom. 
In  addition  to  the  above  described  examples  of  Punuk  style  i, 
there  are  others  not  illustrated,  but  which  are  listed  according  to 
depth  and  locality  in  table  i. 
Punuk  style  2  is  somewhat  more  diversified  than  style  i,  and  for 
that  reason  may  be  divided  into  four  more  or  less  distinct  phases. 
