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which extends 17 mm. up the right edge. Asphalt adheres in irregular patches 
to the upper outside and inside surfaces, but there is no trace of wrapping. 
Entire point, 47 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, 6 mm. thick. Edges rounded. The 
lower half of the specimen was originally covered with asphalt, which has 
been broken off, leaying the bare surface of the bone. No trace of wrapping. 
The butt is not a fracture but is ground off diagonally. 
Entire point, 47 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 6 mm. thick. Edges rounded. The 
lower half of the specimen was originally coated with asphalt, but this has 
broken away, leaving only irregular patches. The butt is squared and is. 
5 mm. in width. The tip is unusually rounding. 
ONE-PIECE FISHHOOKS OF BONE 
These have the same shapes as the one-piece shell fishhooks and 
are included among them (p. 139). 
BIRD BONE WHISTLES 
The bird bone whistles were of the familiar type. 
Entire and intact bone whistle, made from the slender long bone of a bird. 
57 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 4.5 mm. thick. The notch starts 29 mm. from the 
mouth end, which is carefully squared. Asphalt traces are visible in this 
notch, it having been partly filled with asphalt. The lower end is closed with 
a piece of asphalt which forms a knob-like protuberance beyond the bone and 
runs back into the whistle 6.5 mm. (Pl. 21, b.) 
Bird bone whistle, intact except for the loss of the asphalt 60.5 mm. long, 
9 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick. The hole in the side is unusually large, being 13.5 
mm. long and so deep as to cut through nearly two-thirds of the bone. This 
hole starts only 14 mm. from the mouth end of the whistle. (PI. 21, c¢.) 
Fragment of bird bone whistle, 27 mm. long, 6.25 mm. wide, 5 mm. thick. The 
slanting side of the side notch of the whistle is intact, the fracture occurring just 
beyond it. This notch commences 23.5 mm. from the squared butt end of the 
whistle. 
AWL-SHAPED ARTIFACTS OF BIRD BONE 
Butt fragment of awl-shaped artifact of bird bone with asphalt knob intact. 
60 mm. long, diameter of shaft 6 mm., length of head 18 mm., diameter of head 
17 mm. (PI. 21, e.) 
Entire awl-shaped artifact of bird bone, 170 mm. long, diameter of shaft 6 
mm., diameter of head 8 mm. This consists of the former articulation of the 
bone. The working of the tip commences 10 mm. back. (PI. 21, k.) 
SPLINT-BONE NEEDLES FROM THE MULE DEER 
The California mule deer carries in what corresponds to our palm 
two splint bones which need only to be supplied with eyes and per- 
haps sharpened a little to make them into needles. These are the 
two lateral metacarpals and lie, point upward, behind the lower end 
of the cannon bones. The splint bones of the hind leg of the mule 
deer are too short to be used for this purpose. 
Splint-bone needle, 34 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick. Hole 1.5 mm. 
diameter. Unworked except the head and the tip. A bit of the extreme tip is 
broken off. The concave side is obverse. 
