122 EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND [PTH. ANN. 44 
but not extending to the inside surface. The butt is neatly squared. The tip 
is bluntly pointed, tapering from about 7 mm. from all sides except the inside. 
The point is evidently made for a definite purpose. 
A larger specimen of entire bone point of the same kind as the preceding, 
37 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick. The transverse groove is 6 mm. broad 
and 15 mm. from the tip. The butt is neatly squared, the tip bluntly pointed 
and tapers from 7 mm. In neither of these specimens is there any trace of 
grooving of tar. The use remains problematical. 
Tip fragment of bone point. Inside consists of the former flattish surface 
of the inside of the bone. 25.5 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 4.5 mm. thick. The tip 
curves to the right and is very blunt. 
Central fragment of bone point, 37 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 5 mm. thick. The 
tip curves markedly to the right as in the preceding specimen. The left edge 
has an elbow 5 mm. from the butt fracture. The use of these two specimens 
is problematical. 
Central fragment of bone point. Outside can not be determined. 25.5 mm. 
long, 4 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick. The edges are more or less squared. The 
specimen is too small to judge from what artifact it is derived. 
Central fragment of bone point. Outside can not be determined. 13 mm. 
long., 3.5 mm. wide, 1.5 mm, thick. Both edges squared neatly. Sides flat. 
A mere fragment. 
COMPOSITE FISHHOOK POINTS 
Fishhooks were made of two worked bones, known technically as 
the shank and the point, lashed together so as to form an acute 
angle. Such hooks are described by Stephen Bowers as follows: *! 
“The true fishhook of what may be termed the Santa Barbara 
Indians, has never, to my knowledge, been figured. . . . These hooks 
were made of two slightly curved pieces of bone pointed at each end, 
and firmly tied together at the lower end and cemented with 
asphaltum.” Although no complete specimen with shank and point 
lashed together was found, we obtained abundant specimens of the 
bone points of this kind ef hook, some showing the imprint in the 
asphaltum from the former apparently sinew lashing that held the 
hook together. Some of these points have squared base, some sharp 
or rounded base. They varied in size even more than the one-piece 
fishhooks of bone or abalone. 
ENTIRE COMPOSITE FISHHOOK POINTS WITH SQUARED OR BLUNT BASES 
Entire point, 55.5 mm. long, 6.5 mm. wide, 3.5 mm. thick. Edges rounded. 
The left edge has an elbow 20 mm. from the butt. The right edge has several 
transverse grooves for wrapping in the vicinity of the butt. The extreme 
bottom end shows eresion. Tip curves to the left. 
Entire point, 36.5 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 5 mm. thick. Edges rounded. The 
left edge has an elbow 23 mm. from the butt. The lower part of the right edge 
has asphalt stuck on and three transverse depressions in it from the old 
wrapping. The obverse has a natural furrow. The butt is a rounded point. 
The tip curves to the left. 
21 Bowers, Stephen, Fisbhooks from Southern California. In Science, vol. 1, Cambridge, 
Mass., 1883, p. 575. 
