NO.    I  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LA\\RENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  I95 
figs.  13,  14)  appears  to  be  the  oldest  style  of  ornamentation  at  levoghi- 
yoq,  for  the  six  heads  so  decorated  conform  structurally  in  every  par- 
ticular to  the  Miyovvagh  specimens  mentioned,  and  lack  the  specialized 
characters  possessed  by  the  other  levoghiyoq  heads :  furthermore  they 
all  come  from  the  lower  levels  of  the  midden,  from  depths  of  31  to 
59  inches. 
Phase  3  of  Punuk  style  2  was  the  more  common  form  of  decoration 
applied  to  harpoon  heads  at  levoghiyoq  (pi.  70,  figs.  15,  18.  20,  22, 
23).  The  lines  are  very  deeply  incised,  the  nucleated  circles  (when 
present)  are  mechanically  perfect,  and  the  spurs  have  taken  the  form 
of  small,  deeply  gouged  pits  which  are  attached  obliquely  to  the  lines. 
Very  few  decorated  objects  were  found  at  the  two  latest  sites, 
Seklowaghyaget  and  the  old  section  of  (jambell,  partly,  no  doubt, 
because  of  the  relatively  small  amount  of  digging  done  there.  How- 
ever, the  scarcity  of  decorated  objects  is  also  an  indication  of  the 
fact  that  by  this  time  the  artistic  impulse  was  dying  out,  and  the  imple- 
ment forms  were  assuming  the  heavy,  utilitarian  aspect  so  character- 
istic of  the  culture  of  St.  Lawrence  Island  in  the  nineteenth  century. 
Plate  67,  figure  7,  is  an  ivory  wrist  guard  from  cut  3,  depth  20 
inches,  Seklowaghyaget.  It  is  identical  in  form  with  another  wrist 
guard  from  the  same  site  illustrated  in  plate  74.  figure  22.  The  decora- 
tion, which  is  rather  crude,  consists  of  short,  vertical  lines  attached 
to  pairs  of  horizontal  lines,  all  very  deeply  incised ;  it  is  to  be  classed 
as  phase  4  of  Punuk  style  2. 
The  ivory  wrist  guard  shown  in  plate  67,  figure  5,  comes  from  cut  i, 
depth  8  inches,  old  section  of  Gambell.  It  is  straight  at  both  ends  and 
has  two  round  holes  on  one  side  and  two  slots  on  the  other  for  the 
lashing.  The  decoration  is  modern;  four  curved  lines,  or  arcs,  the 
inner  three  with  light  spurs  attached,  rise  from  the  rim  and  enclose 
both  of  the  slots ;  at  the  lower  end  is  a  band  of  seven  lines  with  an 
alternate  arrangement  of  spurs,  and  at  the  upper  end  a  similar  band 
of  nine  lines. 
The  other  six  objects  in  plate  67  were  purchased  from  Eskimos  and 
are  reported  to  have  been  excavated  at  Seklowaghyaget. 
Plate  67,  figure  3,  is  a  broken  dart  socket  piece  bearing  a  charac- 
teristic phase  2,  Punuk  style  2  decoration  of  lines,  circles,  dots,  and 
spurs. 
Plate  67,  figure  4,  is  a  bodkin  with  a  simple  decoration  of  lines  and 
spurs,  and  at  the  center  two  V-shaped  figures. 
Plate  67,  figure  i,  is  an  ivory  ulu  handle,  bearing  a  phase  3,  style  2 
decoration  consisting  of  deeply  cut  straight  and  curving  lines,  spurs, 
and  compass-made  circles.    The  bordering  bands  are  of   particular 
