232  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
for  a  suspension  cord.  The  15  knife  handles  of  this  type  were  found 
as  follows:  levoghiyoq,  depth  8  inches  (pi.  78,  fig.  3),  12  inches, 
16  inches,  33  inches,  39  inches,  44  inches  (2).  Seklowaghyaget,  4 
inches  (pi.  78,  fig.  i),  18  inches,  20  inches,  38  inches.  Old  section  of 
Gambell,  8  inches  (pi.  78,  fig.  2),  10  inches,  24  inches  (2). 
Wooden  knife  handles. — There  are  15  wooden  knife  handles,  all 
but  one  of  them  from  levoghiyoq.  They  all  have  slits  for  end  blades, 
like  one  of  the  three  Old  Bering  Sea  types.  Plate  78,  figures  6  and  8 
(lev.,  depths  33  and  39  in.),  are  in  all  essential  respects  the  same  as 
the  Old  Bering  Sea  handle  shown  in  plate  38,  figure  i.  Plate  78, 
figure  7,  however,  from  levoghiyoq,  depth  37  inches,  represents  a 
specialization  of  this  basic  type  and  apparently  one  which  is  confined 
to  the  Punuk  stage.  The  end  is  so  narrowed  that  the  lower  part  of 
the  blade  would  have  projected  at  the  sides ;  this  being  the  case,  there 
must  have  been  two  drilled  holes  at  about  the  center  of  the  blade  for 
the  lashing  which  was  fastened  to  the  handle  around  the  narrow 
grooved  end.  Three  others  of  this  type  were  found  at  depths  of  24, 
44,  and  45  inches,  at  levoghiyoq.  Eight  others  similar  to  plate  78, 
figures  6  and  8,  were  found  at  levoghiyoq,  at  depths  of  30  inches  (3), 
36  inches,  37  inches,  39  inches,  42  inches,  and  60  inches.  There  is 
also  a  single  example  of  this  type  from  Seklowaghyaget,  depth  58 
inches. 
Knife  sharpeners. — These,  made  of  young  walrus  tusks,  also  occur 
in  the  Punuk  finds.  None  of  them  are  carved  to  represent  a  whale 
like  the  Old  Bering  Sea  specimens  shown  in  plate  38,  figures  12,  13. 
Stone  iniplements. — Implements  of  rubbed  slate  were  as  abundant 
at  the  Punuk  sites  as  at  Miyowagh  and  the  Hillside  site,  and  the 
types  were  generally  the  same.  Adzlike  scrapers,  like  plate  42,  figures 
12-14,  also  occurred,  but  infrequently.  With  regard  to  chipped  stone 
implements,  conditions  were  entirely  ditTerent.  Only  a  very  few  im- 
plements of  chipped  stone — slate  or  any  other  kind — were  found  at 
the  three  later  sites,  although  these  were  abundant  at  the  Hillside  site 
and  fairly  common  at  Miyowagh.  The  small  slate  implements  with 
rubbed  edges  (pi.  39,  figs.  19-22)  and  the  columnar  rubbing  stones 
(pi.  43,  figs.  1-5)  were  also  absent  at  the  Punuk  sites. 
Ulu  handles. — There  are  17  wood  and  4  ivory  ulu  handles  from  the 
Punuk  sites.  They  show  less  variation  than  the  Old  Bering  Sea  forms, 
most  of  them  being  rather  straight  and  thick  like  the  one  with  part 
of  the  slate  blade  still  in  place,  from  Seklowaghyaget,  depth  48  inches, 
shown  on  plate  78,  figure  10;  a  few  are  crescent  shaped.  Plate  78, 
figures  9,  II,  12,  and  13  are  of  ivory.  Figure  9  (lev.,  depth  5  in.)  is 
only  4.9  cm  long  and  has  four  dots  for  decoration.    Figure  12  has 
