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the  house  as  a  wall  hook.  The  present  specimen  is  from  Seklowaghy- 
aget,  depth  3  inches.  Two  others  come  from  the  same  site  at  depths 
of  28  and  64  inches.  There  are  also  three  from  levoghiyoq,  two  from 
depths  of  26  inches  and  one  24  inches. 
Harpoon  rest. — Plate  79,  figure  10,  from  Seklowaghyaget,  depth  34 
inches,  is  a  harpoon  rest  for  the  umiak,  made  from  two  pieces  of  walrus 
ribs.  According  to  Nelson  such  rests  were  "  lashed  to  the  bows  of 
umiaks,  just  inside  and  between  the  front  ends  of  the  rails;  in  these 
the  ends  of  the  lances  and  spears  rest,  and  through  them  the  lines 
run  out"  (p.  226).  The  present  specimen,  which  was  the  only  one 
found,  is  much  cruder  than  those  of  ivory  which  Nelson  illustrates 
from  the  mainland  (pi.  78,  figs.  33,  2)7) • 
Boat  hooks. — Plate  79,  figures  12  and  13,  are  two  large  boat  hooks 
of  ivory,  from  levoghiyoq,  depth  12  inches  and  depth  unknown  (pur- 
chased). They  both  have  a  slightly  concave  base,  a  body  constricted 
at  the  middle,  and  a  straight  projecting  prong.  Figure  12,  which  is 
badly  weathered,  had  the  upper  surface  covered  with  a  typical  Punuk 
ornamentation  consisting  of  small  compass-made,  nucleated  circles, 
from  which  stream  single  and  double  lines.  Figure  13  has  a  median 
ridge  along  the  top,  and  a  backward-projecting  end. 
Plate  84,  figure  2,  is  a  well-preserved  wooden  paddle  probably  for  a 
kayak,  found  in  house  no.  7  at  levoghiyoq.  The  blade — tip  broken — 
is  9  cm  wide  and  appears  to  have  been  about  39  cm  long.  It  may  have 
been  a  double  paddle,  for  it  was  made  in  two  sections,  lashed  together 
by  means  of  a  simple  scarfed  joint,  with  wooden  pegs  at  the  ends  and 
wrappings  of  some  kind  to  afford  additional  strength. 
Pottery. — Pottery  was  no  less  abundant  in  the  Punuk  than  in  the 
Old  Bering  Sea  period.  Just  as  at  the  two  earlier  sites,  potsherds  were 
found  in  great  numbers  at  levoghiyoq,  and  the  ware  differed  in  only 
two  respects  from  that  previously  described :  only  a  relatively  small 
number  of  sherds  had  the  roughened  or  corrugated  exterior  which  was 
so  common  during  the  earlier  period,  and  none  were  grass-tempered. 
The  shapes  of  the  vessels  apparently  remained  unchanged.  The  lamps 
were  shallow,  circular,  and  thick-walled,  with  conical  bases  and  no 
wick  ledges.  Plate  84,  figure  3,  from  levoghiyoq,  illustrates  the  type. 
Plate  53,  b,  is  a  complete  lamp  of  this  kind,  excavated  by  the  writer 
from  an  old  grave  at  Kowieruk,  Seward  Peninsula. 
The  cooking  pots  at  levoghiyoq,  to  judge  from  the  fragments  found 
were  round,  steep-sided,  thin-walled,  with  rather  heavy  rounded  bases. 
These  same  types  were  also  found  at  Seklowaghyaget,  but  along 
with  them  were  fragments  of  the  pottery  which  is  so  characteristic 
of  St.  Lawrence  Island  today  (Hough,  1898,  pi.  15,  fig.  16;  Nelson, 
