2l6  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
only  13  more  or  less  complete  specimens  and  three  fragments.  None 
were  found  at  the  Hillside  site,  and  only  two  at  Miyowagh  (pi.  'J2, 
figs.  I,  2).  The  first  of  these  is  from  cut  i8,  depth  60  inches.  It 
is  unusually  large,  measuring  21  cm  in  length,  4  cm  in  breadth,  and 
2.7  cm  in  thickness,  and  has  a  blade  slit  7  cm  long.  It  is  much  thicker 
than  the  modern  St.  Lawrence  form  and  lacks  the  deep  groove  below 
the  line  hole.  The  socket  also  is  large — 1.4  cm  in  diameter  and  2.5 
cm  deep — and  the  long  offset  spur  is  another  feature  not  found  on 
modern  whaling  heads.  The  decoration  consists  of  incised  lines  and 
small  round  pits  containing  plugs  of  baleen.  The  simple  arrangement 
of  the  lines  does  not  conform  very  closely  to  either  the  Old  Bering  Sea 
or  Punuk  patterns,  but  the  two  rounded  elevations  on  either  side  of 
the  line  hole,  each  surmounted  by  a  small  circular  pit,  are  common 
to  both  styles.  As  a  whole  the  decoration  is  more  suggestive  of  early 
Punuk  than  anything  else.  The  second  whaling  harpoon  head  from 
Miyowagh  is  shown  in  plate  72,  figure  2.  Although  smaller  than  the 
other  specimen,  it  is  similar  structurally.  It  comes  from  cut  12,  depth 
27  inches.  From  cut  20,  depth  12  inches,  there  is  half  of  the  tip  of 
another,  with  a  Punuk  decoration  consisting  of  straight,  evenly  incised 
lines  and  dots. 
From  levoghiyoq  there  are  no  complete  specimens,  and  only  two 
fragments,  one  from  a  depth  of  42  inches,  the  other  purchased  from 
an  Eskimo.  Both  are  decorated  in  Punuk  style,  with  deeply  incised 
lines,  spurs,  dots,  and  circles. 
Plate  72,  figure  3,  decorated  in  the  same  fashion,  was  excavated 
by  Mr.  Chambers  at  Kitneapalok,  an  old  site  about  20  miles  south 
of  Gambell.  The  surface  of  the  ivory  is  much  weathered,  but  the 
lines  and  nucleated  circles  of  the  Punuk  ornamentation  are  still  visible. 
The  line  hole  has  an  oblique  slant,  but  the  form  of  the  spur  is  essenti- 
ally the  same  as  on  modern  examples. 
Five  whaling  harpoon  heads,  none  of  them  complete,  were  exca- 
vated at  Seklowaghyaget.  They  come  from  cut  2,  depth  12  inches  (2). 
Cut  7,  26  inches ;  44  inches.  Cut  8,  26  inches ;  34  inches.  Plate  yi, 
figure  4,  which  was  purchased  from  an  Eskimo,  is  a  better  example 
of  the  Seklowaghyaget  type  than  the  incomplete  specimens  that  we 
excavated.  The  deep  beveling  below  the  line  hole,  the  curving  of 
the  lower  part  of  the  body  just  above  the  socket,  and  the  two  narrow 
slots  along  the  lower  edges  of  the  spur  are  all  features  which  are 
characteristic  of  the  modern  St.  Lawrence  form. 
From  the  old  section  of  Gambell  there  are  five  specimens,  two  from 
cut  I,  depth  8  inches  (pi.  y2,  fig.  6)  and  three  from  cut  i,  depth  16 
