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Some  of  the  baleen  objects  illustrated  in  plate  56  were  in  all  proba- 
bility also  toys.  Figures  4,  5,  and  6  (from  cut  19,  45  in.,  38  in.,  and 
cut  27,  26  in.),  would  seem  to  come  in  this  category,  representing 
probably  a  snow  knife  and  paddles;  figure  7  (cut  19,  42  in),  is  more 
doubtful ;  its  rather  heavy  sharpened  end  might  have  been  intended 
for  use. 
IMPLEMENT    TYPES,    EARLY    PUNHK 
In  plate  60  are  shown  a  number  of  objects  representing  types  which, 
at  Miyowagh,  were  found  either  in  the  later,  northwestern  section  of 
the  midden  or  in  the  upper  layers  of  the  older,  southeastern  section, 
but  neither  at  the  Hillside  site  nor  from  the  lower  levels  of  Miyowagh. 
Such  types  may  therefore  be  regarded  as  belonging  to  the  early  Punuk 
stage.  There  are  undoubtedly  other  types  characteristic  of  this  transi- 
tional period,  but  an  attempt  to  segregate  them,  wlien  they  occur  in 
the  same  midden  with  Old  Bering  Sea  and  later  Punuk  material,  would 
result  in  considerable  uncertainty.  Full  knowledge  of  the  type  forms 
of  the  early  Punuk  stage  must  await  the  discovery  of  a  pure  site  of 
this  period ;  for  the  present  our  information  regarding  it  must  be 
limited  to  the  evidence  afforded  by  harpoon  heads  and  art  styles,  and 
the  few  objects  such  as  shown  in  plate  60. 
Bone  dish. — Plate  60,  figure  i,  is  half  of  a  bone  dish  from  cut  17, 
depth  34  inches,  made  from  the  epiphysis  of  a  whale  vertebra ;  the 
entire  inner  surface  has  been  carefully  smoothed  and  slightly  hollowed 
out ;  the  outer  surface  is  worked  only  along  the  periphery. 
Adc  hcod. — Figure  2  is  an  ivory  adz  head  from  cut  19.  42  inches 
deep.  The  two  lateral  "  ears  "  for  the  lashing  thong  are  similar  to  those 
on  the  Old  P>ering  Sea  specimen  shown  in  plate  46,  figure  3.  On  the 
under  side  there  is  a  shallow  oval  pit  for  the  end  of  the  handle,  and 
just  above  it  two  holes  for  the  lashing.  The  blade  rested  in  the  concave 
lower  end  of  the  front  side.  The  decoration  is  simple,  consisting  of  a 
crcsccnt-sha])ed  and  circular  figure,  both  divided  into  sections  by  means 
of  short  cross  lines ;  circles  at  the  center  of  the  "  ears  "  ;  and  a  few 
slightly  curving  lines  on  both  sides  at  the  upper  end. 
Plate  60,  figure  3  (cut  9,  36  in.),  is  an  ivory  object  of  unknown 
use ;  one  end — the  upper  as  here  shown — is  rather  sharp  edged  and 
spatulate  in  shape,  the  opposite  end  is  wider  with  a  longitudinal  groove 
3  mm  deep  and  3  mm  wide  in  the  base. 
Figures  4  and  5  (cut  19,  17  in.,  and  cut  23,  24  in.)  are  two  ivory 
objects  which  may  have  been  cord  handles.  Figure  4  appears  to  be 
unfinished. 
