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was  laid  a  large  flat  stone  (pi.  64,  fig.  5).  Houses  of  this  type  ap- 
parently represent  summer  dwellings,  used  along  with  the  semi- 
subterranean  house  with  walls  and  roof  of  wood  and  whale  bones. 
Decorated  Objects,  Punuk,  from  Ievoghiyoq,  Seklowaghyaget, 
AND  Old  Section  of  Gambell 
Decorated  objects  from  the  three  later  sites  are  illustrated  on  plates 
65  to  69.  At  none  of  these  sites  was  Old  Bering  Sea  art  found,  and 
there  is  only  one  doubtful  example  of  Punuk  style  i. 
The  objects  shown  in  plates  65  and  66  are  from  Ievoghiyoq,  all 
of  them  examples  of  Punuk  style  2.  Plate  65,  figure  i,  is  a  broken 
needle  case  from  cut  5,  depth  43  inches.  The  flaring  end  distinguishes 
it  from  the  Old  Bering  Sea  forms  shown  on  plate  17.  Ornamentation 
is  in  phase  2  of  Punuk  style  2,  consisting  of  deeply  incised  lines,  spurs, 
dots,  and  compass-made  circles.  The  other  needle  case,  plate  65, 
figure  2  (cut  9,  depth  12  in.),  is  similarly  decorated;  it  also  has  a 
flaring  end,  and  somewhat  below  the  center  two  protuberances  or 
"  wings  "  upon  each  of  which  is  inscribed  a  nucleated  circle.  These 
lateral  "  wings  "  are  set  otf  by  curving  lines  which  extend  from  the 
enlarged  and  flattened  upper  end  to  the  constricted,  tubular  lower  end. 
This  '"  winged  "  needle  case  is  similar  both  in  form  and  ornamenta- 
tion to  two  others  from  Point  Barrow  described  by  Mathiassen  (1929, 
vol.  2,  p.  95). 
Plate  65,  figure  3,  is  the  handle  of  an  ivory  knife  from  cut  i,  depth 
28  inches,  a  common  implement  type  of  the  Punuk  period  (other  ex- 
amples illustrated  on  pi.  79,  figs.  4-6).  It  is  decorated  with  pairs  of 
longitudinal  lines,  nucleated  circles  and  small  spurs.  The  latter,  which 
are  attached  obliquely  to  both  the  circles  and  lines,  are  deeply  gouged 
pits,  very  different  from  the  straight,  slender  spurs  of  the  preceding 
stage,  Punuk  i.  These  short,  deeply  cut  spurs,  usually  attached  in 
pairs  to  lines  and  circles,  are  distinguishing  characteristics  of  phase  3 
of  Punuk  style  2.  The  two  fragmentary  objects  (dart  socket  pieces  ?) 
shown  in  plate  65,  figures  4  and  5,  are  also  examples  of  phase  3 ; 
these  come  from  cut  1,31  inches,  and  cut  5,  24  inches  deep,  respectively. 
The  same  arrangement  of  lines  and  spurs  may  be  seen  in  plate  65, 
figure  6  (cut  8,  8  in.).  This  is  a  link  ornament,  which  was  probably 
attached  to  a  drum  handle ;  the  end  has  been  carved  to  represent  a 
seal's  head.  This  is  one  of  the  examples  where  the  pairs  of  oblique, 
deeply  gouged  spurs  of  phase  3  resemble  very  closely  the  modern 
Eskimo  Y-figure. 
Plate  65,  figure  7  (cut  i,  42  in.),  is  an  oval  ivory  block  of  unknown 
use,  with  a  piece  of  wood  in  the  central  perforation.   It  bears  a  decora- 
