MURDOCH. ] WHALE LANCE. 241 
shaft. The shaft is rhomboidal in section with rounded edges, and 
tapers from a breadth of 2 inches and a 
thickness of 1 at the tip to a butt of 0-7 inch 
broad and 1 thick. The tip of the shaft has 
a whipping of sinew-braid 1? inches deep, 
“kackled” down on both edges, one end of 
the twine on each edge, so that the hitch 
made by one end crosses the round turn of 
the other, making in all twenty-six turns. 
The shaft has been painted red for 15 inches 
below the whipping. 
No. 89596 [1032] is the head and 5 inches 
of the shaft of a similar lance. The head is 
of black flint, and the sinew-braid forms a 
simple whipping. The remaining heads are 
all unmounted. I have figured several of 
them to show the variations of this now 
obsolete weapon. Fig. 239, No. 56677 [49], 
from Utkiaywin, is of gray flint chipped in 
large flakes. The total length is 6-9 inches. 
The small lugs on the edges of the tang are 
to keep it from slipping out of the whipping. 
No. 56679 [259], also from Utkiaywin, is of 
black flint and broader than the preceding. 
Its length is 6:3 inches. No. 56680 [394], Fic. 239.—Flint head of whale lanco. 
Fic. 240.—F lint heads for whale lances. 
is 5-4 inches long. No. 56681 [5], from Utkiavwin, is another broad 
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