NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  I3I 
convex  at  both  ends  and  has  a  groove  13  mm  wide  and  4  mm  deep. 
The  fourth  specimen  comes  from  cut  20,  depth  34  inches. 
Float  bars. — For  attaching  a  Hue  to  the  float,  the  modern  Seward 
Peninsula  and  St.  Lawrence  Eskimos  fasten  an  ivory  bar  or  handle 
to  one  end  (Nelson,  p.  145).  The  only  object  in  the  present  collection 
which  has  the  sunken  center  and  knobbed  ends  characteristic  of  the 
modern  type  is  the  one  shown  in  plate  32,  figure  20  (cut  4,  depth  25 
in.).  In  all  probability,  however,  some  of  the  "handles  "  illustrated 
on  plate  47  were  float  bars. 
Bird  Darts  and  Fish  Spears 
Side  prongs  for  bird  darts. — Ivory  prongs,  three  of  which  were 
lashed  onto  the  shaft  of  the  bird  dart  at  a  point  usually  a  little  below 
the  middle.  Twenty-five  complete  and  thirty-two  fragmentary  prongs 
were  found  at  Miyowagh,  indicating  that  the  bird  dart  was  an  imple- 
ment of  some  importance ;  however,  it  differed  in  several  respects  from 
the  modern  types.  On  the  basis  of  the  25  complete  specimens,  two 
general  types,  with  one  subtype  each,  are  recognized : 
Type  I  (pi.  33,  figs.  I,  2). — Short  (7.5  to  8.5  cm  long)  ;  oval  to 
round  in  cross-section  ;  one  outside,  two  inside  barbs  ;  narrow  rectangu- 
lar lashing  slot,  with  outer  opposite  edge  usually  smooth  ;  tang  spatu- 
late  (rarely  pointed)  and  beveled  on  inside. 
Eleven  examples:  Cut  4,  15  inches;  20  inches.  Cut  7,  33  inches. 
Cut  18,  53  inches  (2).  Cut  19,  58  inches.  Cut  23,  8  inches  (pi.  33, 
fig.  i)  ;  14  inches  (2).  Cut  24,  39  inches.  Cut  27,  29  inches  (pi.  33, 
fig.  2). 
The  prong  from  cut  7,  2,2)  inches  deep,  was  the  only  other  one  having 
a  projection  just  above  the  end  of  the  tang,  like  that  shown  in  plate 
32,  figure  I. 
Type  I  a  (pi.  33,  figs.  3,  4). — Same  as  type  i,  except  that  it  has 
two  outside  and  three  inside  barbs. 
Two  examples :  Cut  7,  75  inches  (pi.  2,2>^  fig-  3)-  Cut  18,  66  inches 
(pi.  33,  fig.  4). 
Type  2  (pi.  33,  figs.  5,  6). — Longer  (10  to  14.5  cm  long)  ;  usually 
a  longitudinal  ridge  down  one  or  both  sides ;  two  outside,  three  inside 
barbs ;  narrow  rectangular  lashing  slot,  sometimes  with  two  notched 
elevations  on  opposite  edge ;  tang  spatulate  and  beveled  on  inside. 
Five  examples:  Cut  2,  24  inches  (2)  (pi.  33,  fig.  6).  Cut  18,  27 
inches.   Cut  20,  12  inches  (pi.  33,  fig.  5).   Cut  22,  46  inches. 
Type  2  a  (pi.  32,  fig.  7). — Same  as  type  2  except  for  lashing 
arrangement,  a  groove  replacing  the  slot. 
