NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  95 
Phase  I  is  a  decoration  restricted  to  harpoon  heads,  such  as  plate 
28,  figure  14.  It  is  characterized  by  very  long  spurs  attached  to  lines 
and  is  merely  a  later  and  more  advanced  stage  of  Punuk  style  i,  in 
which  the  spurs  were  shorter,  as  on  the  three  harpoon  heads  shown 
in  plate  28,  figures  11-13.  The  lines  and  spurs  are  also  lightly  incised 
as  in  style  i. 
In  phases  2,  3,  and  4  of  style  2  the  incisions  are  deeper  and  more 
sharply  defined.  Phases  3  and  4  were  not  present  at  Miyowagh ;  they 
will  be  described  later.  Phase  2  employs  lines,  spurs,  dots  (pits), 
and  nucleated  circles,  the  latter  made  with  a  metal  bit  or  compasses. 
This  phase  is  represented  by  only  10  examples  at  Miyowagh,  all  but 
one  of  them  from  the  upper  levels  of  the  northwestern  section.  The 
ivory  hand  drill  or  reamer  shown  in  plate  22,  figure  8  (from  cut  20, 
depth  12  in.)  is  a  typical  example  of  phase  2.  Another  is  the  ivory 
object  shown  on  plate  22,  figure  2  (from  cut  24,  depth  18  in.).  On 
both  of  these  objects  the  arrangement  of  the  shorter  lines  and  dots 
is  that  of  style  i,  but  the  mechanically  made  circles  place  them  in  style 
2.  The  only  harpoon  heads  from  Miyowagh  decorated  in  phase  2 
of  Punuk  style  2  are  the  two  shown  in  plate  28,  figures  24  and  28, 
both  of  them  from  the  surface  layer  of  cut  20. 
The  other  decorated  objects  shown  on  plate  22  do  not  fall  exactly 
into  any  of  the  above  categories.  They  are  to  be  classed  as  "  inde- 
terminable ",  but  since  all  of  them,  with  the  exception  of  figure  10, 
were  purchased,  they  are  not  included  in  table  i,  which,  as  previously 
stated,  contains  only  those  objects  which  we  ourselves  excavated. 
Plate  22,  figures  3  and  5,  are  two  small  ivory  objects  which  are 
slotted  at  the  base,  recalling  the  two  bird  figures  from  the  Hillside 
site.  Figure  5  has  the  head  carved  realistically  to  represent  an  eider 
duck ;  the  surface  ornamentation  consists  of  a  few  lines  with  spurs 
attached.  In  figure  3  the  incised  lines  are  applied  rather  carelessly ; 
the  head  is  grotesquely  human,  the  body  is  conical  in  shape. 
Plate  22,  figure  6,  is  a  miniature  winged  object  of  Punuk  type  (cf. 
pis.  68,  69)  from  cut  2,  depth  20  inches.  It  is  made  from  the  sternum 
of  a  bird. 
Plate  22,  figure  7,  is  an  ivory  ornament  with  a  flat  base  and  a  slot 
at  the  center ;  the  upper  surface  is  convex  and  bears  a  simple  decora- 
tion of  lines,  spurs,  and  short  cross  lines. 
The  ivory  wrist  guard  shown  in  plate  22,  figure  10  (from  cut  27, 
depth  9  in.)  has  a  decoration  consisting  of  pairs  of  lines  with  short 
spurs  attached,  which  should  probably  be  included  in  style  2.  The 
bold,  deeply  cut  lines  of  plate  22,  figure  9,  are  likewise  to  be  classed 
as  style  2.    This  object,  which  was  purchased   from  an  Eskimo,  is 
