NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND COLLINS  I39 
Kuskokwim  similar  hooks  are  used  as  boat  hooks  (Nelson,  1899,  pp. 
222-223),  and  it  may  well  be  that  some  of  the  larger  examples  in 
the  present  series  were  used  for  this  purpose. 
Forty-six  hooks  of  ivory  were  excavated  at  Miyowagh,  in  addition 
to  six  unfinished  forms  and  nine  fragments ;  one  specimen  was  found 
at  the  Hillside  site.   They  fall  into  the  following  types : 
Type  I  (pi.  35,  fig.  1). — Single,  long  lashing  slot  through  the  top; 
small  slot  through  base  of  prong ;  prong  about  same  length  as  body. 
Twenty  examples,  distributed  as  follows:  Cut  i,  depth  48  inches. 
Cut  2,  24  inches.  Cut  3.  20  inches ;  24  inches ;  50  inches ;  54  inches. 
Cut  4,  39  inches  (2)  ;  43  inches  (2).  Cut  7,  28  inches ;  33  inches  ;  37 
inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  i).  Cut  8,  40  inches.  Cut  9,  depth  unknown. 
Cut  18,  27  inches  (2).  Cut  19.  24  inches.  Cut  22.  41  inches.  Cut  24, 
54  inches. 
Type  I  a  (pi.  35,  fig.  2). — Same  as  type  i,  except  that  it  is  larger, 
with  prong  longer  than  body. 
Seven  examples:  Cut  2,  48  inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  2.  the  end  reworked 
into  a  drill).  Cut  3,  20  inches.  Cut  9,  48  inches;  another,  depth  un- 
known.   Cut  19,  42  inches ;  54  inches.    Cut  23,  8  inches. 
Type  2  (pi.  35,  fig.  3). — Two  short  lashing  slots  through  top  ;  other- 
wise same  as  type  i. 
Five  examples:  Cut  3,  12  inches.  Cut  4,  70  inches.  Cut  19,  51 
inches;  56  inches  (pi.  35,  tig.  3).   Cut  2^] ,  29  inches. 
T^ype  S  (pi.  35.  fig.  4) . — Two  or  three  circular  lashing  holes  through 
the  top ;  a  similar  hole  through  base  of  prong  ;  prong  about  same  length 
as  body. 
Five  examples:  Cut  i,  55  inches.  Cut  3,  24  inches;  54  inches.  Cut 
22,  24  inches;  36  inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  4).  The  single  example  from 
the  Hillside  site  belongs  to  this  type. 
Type  3  a. — Same  as  type  3,  except  that  it  is  larger,  with  prong 
longer  than  body. 
Two  examples,  one  from  cut  15.  40  inches  deep,  the  other  picked 
up  on  the  surface. 
Type  4  (pi.  35,  fig.  6). — Five  or  six  circular  lashing  holes  through 
center  of  body ;  body  longer  than  spur. 
Two  examples,  from  cut  4,  31  inches,  and  cut  20.  26  inches  (pi. 
35,  fig.  6). 
Type  5  (pi.  35,  fig.  5). — A  wide  lashing  groove  across  top  and  one 
or  two  circular  holes  through  base  of  prong ;  prong  about  same  length 
as  body. 
Three  examples:  Cut  7,  85  inches  (pi.  35,  fig.  5).  Cut  9,  depth 
unknown.    Cut  18,  40  inches. 
