176  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
(pi.  30,  figs.  19  and  20)  between  the  stones  of  house  no.  i.  All  three 
show  the  same  characters,  a  deep,  wide  notch  above  with  a  slight 
beveling  of  the  two  upper  edges,  and  a  small  notch  below.  Plate  30, 
figure  18,  differs  from  the  other  two  in  having  an  oval-rectangular 
perforation  through  the  center.  The  small  button-shaped  ivory  object, 
plate  30,  figure  21,  was  found  among  the  rocks  at  the  north  end  of 
the  site.  It  is  2.3  cm  square  with  rounded  corners,  a  flat  base  and  a 
rounded  top.  Plate  30,  figures  22  and  23,  are  small  plaques  of  ivory, 
both  broken ;  their  average  thickness  is  3  mm.  Plate  30,  figure  28,  is 
a  smaller,  thinner  piece,  with  a  longitudinal  groove  (on  the  opposite 
side),  and  two  small  round  holes  at  the  larger  end;  it  is  3  mm  thick. 
Plate  30,  figure  29,  is  a  section  of  a  small  walrus  tusk,  notched  at 
the  end. 
In  plate  46,  figures  9-12,  are  shown  four  ivory  objects  which  seem 
to  be  parts  of  what  Nelson  has  described  as  "  sinew  spinners  "  from 
St.  Lawrence  Island  (Nelson,  1899,  pp.  111-112,  fig.  31)  but  which 
in  all  probability  were  instead  parts  of  toy  "  spindle  buzzes  "  such  as 
Bogoras  has  described  from  the  Chukchee  and  Kerek  (1904-09,  vol. 
I,  pp.  273-274,  fig.  197,  d,  e)  and  which  are  also  known  from  the 
Ammasalik  and  Egedesminde  districts  in  Greenland  (Thalbitzer,  1914, 
pp.  654-655,  figs.  379,  380;  Birket-Smith,  1924,  fig.  300).  Plate  46, 
figures  9  and  10  (cut  9,  48  in.,  and  cut  27,  22  in.),  are  probably  the 
bases  of  such  toys.  Figure  9  is  rectangular  in  form,  with  a  flat  base  and 
a  convex  upper  surface  in  the  center  of  which  is  a  round  pit  12  mm 
deep.  Figure  10  is  of  the  same  shape  but  has  the  corners  rounded  and 
the  central  hole  extending  completely  through.  Two  others  were  found, 
one  oval,  from  cut  21,  42  inches,  and  one  circular,  from  cut  7,  80  inches. 
We  found  none  of  the  flattened  rods  or  handles ;  the  small  ivory  object, 
figure  II  (cut  24,  64  in.),  perforated  at  one  end,  is  the  only  specimen 
in  the  collection  which  might  have  had  such  a  function.  Figure  12  is 
one  of  several  spike-shaped  ivory  objects  corresponding  to  the  slender 
knobbed  rod  which  was  inserted  in  the  ivory  base.  The  latter,  it  should 
be  noted,  might  in  the  round  form  be  regarded  as  tops. 
In  plate  ^J,  figure  6,  is  shown  an  ivory  object  of  unknown  use  from 
cut  24,  depth  80  inches.  It  resembles  in  certain  respects  an  ivory  object 
previously  described  by  the  writer  (Collins,  1929,  pi.  5).  It  is  11.8 
cm  long  and  5  cm  wide  and  has  the  under  side  hollowed.  In  addition  to 
the  two  perforations  shown  there  are  two  smaller  transverse  openings 
near  the  upper  end.  This  end  of  the  object  was  carved  to  represent  the 
blunt  head  or  snout  of  an  animal  with  a  large  mouth  and  with  eyes 
indicated  by  round  deep  holes  in  which  were  set  plugs  of  wood.  The 
surface  has  been  ornamented  with  incised  designs — Old  Bering  Sea — 
but  these  are  so  weathered  as  to  be  hardly  visible. 
