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Harpoon  Heads  from  Seklowaghyaget 
The  harpoon  heads  from  Seklowaghyaget,  numbering  54,  are  of 
particular  interest  inasmuch  as  they  provide  a  definite  linkage  between 
the  prehistoric  forms  already  described  and  those  in  use  at  the  present 
time. 
Open  Socket  Harpoon  Heads 
Open  socket  type  III  (a)  x. — Defined  on  page  118.  (PI.  71,  figs. 
2-4.)  This  type  of  harpoon  head,  which  was  found  in  such  large 
numbers  at  both  levoghiyoq  and  Miyowagh,  is  also  well  represented 
at  Seklowaghyaget,  even  though  it  has  begun  to  give  way  to  another 
type,  to  be  described  presently.  The  20  type  HI  (a)  x  heads  from 
Seklowaghyaget  were  distributed  as  follows:  Cut  i,  depth  38  inches. 
Cut  2,  18  inches;  49  inches  (pi.  yi,  fig.  2).  Cut  3,  12  inches  (2)  ; 
18  inches  (2)  (pi.  71,  fig.  3)  ;  30  inches;  34  inches  (2)  ;  42  inches. 
Cut  4,  12  inches;  18  inches  (pi.  71,  fig.  4)  ;  44  inches  (2).  Cut  7,  12 
inches ;  20  inches.  Cut  8,  12  inches  ;  19  inches ;  67  inches. 
Eight  of  the  above  heads,  including  plate  71,  figure  2,  are  decorated, 
all  of  them  in  phase  i  of  Punuk  style  2  which  was  found  at  levoghiyoq 
and  also  at  the  later  section  of  Miyowagh.  Three  of  them  have  traces 
of  red  pigment  remaining  in  the  incisions.  The  older  type  of  spur — ■ 
relatively  wide  and  only  moderately  beveled — was  present  in  only 
three  instances:  on  the  head  shown  in  plate  71,  figure  2,  and  on  two 
other  heads  which  are  practically  identical  in  form  and  ornamentation, 
from  depths  of  34  and  38  inches.  Eleven,  including  plate  71,  figures  3 
and  4,  have  the  later  form  of  spur — sharply  beveled  and  with  a  slight 
inward  flare — which  was  so  common  at  levoghiyoq.  On  the  remain- 
ing six  the  spur  is  not  clearly  distinguishable. 
Open  socket  type  III  (b)  x. — Two  lashing  slots,  one  slot  with  an 
opposite  groove,  or  no  slots ;  a  single  lateral  spur  which  is  usually 
made  asymmetrical  by  an  acute  beveling  on  the  socket  side ;  slanting 
walls  produce  a  wedge-shaped  socket  in  which  the  lower  (outer)  end 
and  the  floor  are  wider  than  the  upper  end  and  the  top  ;  line  hole  usually 
round  or  triangular,  sometimes  squarish ;  end  blade,  parallel  with  line 
hole;  undecorated.    (PI.  71,  figs.  5-9.) 
Twenty-one  examples,  distributed  as  follows:  Cut  i,  12  inches. 
Cut  2,  12  inches  (3)  (pi.  71,  figs.  6  and  8)  ;  18  inches  (2)  (pi.  71, 
fig.  5)  ;  22  inches  (5)  (pi.  71,  fig.  9)  ;  28  inches  (pi.  71,  fig.  7).  Cut  3, 
12  inches.  Cut  7,  20  inches  (3)  ;  28  inches  ;  36  inches ;  44  inches  (2) . 
Cut  8,  39  inches. 
This  specialized  form  of  type  HI  (a)  x  is  marked  by  a  series  of 
rather  sudden  developmental  changes,  particularly  in  the  region  of 
