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interest  in  that  they  show  so  clearly  the  relationship  of  the  spurred 
line  to  the  zigzag,  a  negative  design  resulting  from  the  thickening  of 
the  bases  of  the  spurs.  The  lower  band  contains  a  perfect  zigzag  or 
wavy  line  and  so  does  the  left  half  of  the  upper  band.  On  the  right 
half  of  this  band,  however,  the  alternate  spurs  are  longer  and  more 
slender  and  present  the  usual  appearance  of  the  "  toothed  line."  For 
some  reason  the  artist  chose  to  leave  the  spurs  at  this  stage  instead  of 
widening  the  bases  so  as  to  produce  the  negative  zigzag  design.  This 
is  the  only  Punuk  example  I  know  of  in  which  the  very  common 
alternate  spur  design  has  been  transformed  into  a  zigzag,  although 
the  process  is  constantly  recurring  in  modern  Eskimo  art,  as  well  as 
in  Melanesian,  European  Iron  Age,  and  other  styles  that  employ  the 
spurred  line  motive.  We  might  also  note  here  that  although  the  single 
spurred  line  and  the  ladder  design  are  characteristic  of  Old  Bering 
Sea  art,  the  simple  alternate  spur  design  has  not  appeared.  This,  how- 
ever, may  be  due  to  accident,  for  on  the  fragment  of  an  Old  Bering 
Sea  brow  band  shown  in  plate  58,  figure  12,  there  appears  a  fully 
developed  zigzag  pattern. 
Plate  67,  figure  2,  is  an  ivory  object  similar  to  several  found  at 
Miyowagh  (pi.  46,  figs.  9,  19),  and  which  apparently  is  to  be  regarded 
as  part  of  a  spindle  buzz.  The  present  specimen  is  flat  on  the  under 
side,  convex  on  the  upper,  and  perforated  through  the  center.  The 
upper  surface  is  rather  elaborately  ornamented  in  phase  2  of  style  2. 
Around  the  periphery  is  a  band  formed  of  two  lines  with  alternate 
spurs  pointing  inward,  and  about  half  way  up  there  is  a  similar 
band.  The  spaces  between  the  bands  and  at  the  center  are  divided  ofif 
by  means  of  narrow  inverted  V-shaped  figures,  and  between  these 
are  pairs  of  slightly  curving  lines  connected  at  the  center  by  a  small 
nucleated  circle;  rising  from  the  curving  lines  are  pairs  of  short  lines 
terminating  in  circles  to  which  are  attached  three  equidistant  spurs. 
Plate  67,  figures  6  and  8,  are  two  objects  which  I  am  unable  to 
identify.  They  are  straight  across  the  lower  end,  rounded  above,  and 
have  in  the  base  a  deep  cylindrical  socket.  Figure  8  seems  to  have 
had  a  link  pendant  at  the  end ;  the  decoration  consists  of  very  deeply 
incised  lines,  some  straight,  some  V-shaped  and  others  curving  around 
to  the  opposite  side.  The  lines  on  figure  6  are  less  deeply  incised ; 
at  the  base  is  a  band  containing  long  alternating  spurs  and  from  this 
rises  a  pair  of  vertical  lines  which  are  joined  at  the  center  by  two 
oblique  bands  of  three  lines  each  in  the  open  spaces ;  above  these  are 
two  short  detached  lines  each  with  a  pair  of  downward-pointing  spurs 
attached.  Red  pigment  still  remains  in  most  of  the  incisions,  as  is 
so  often  the  case  with  objects  bearing  a  Punuk  decoration. 
