2. Harpoon Heads. 



Inv. Amd. 1 (Fig. 1 and PI. XV) is a beautifully worked 

 and well-preserved harpoon head, made of bone all in one piece 

 {without inserted blade), in form conoidal. The blade part of 

 the head is flat and slender, bi- 

 convex in cross section, narrowing 

 and flattening towards the point, 

 with sharp, convexly curved edges. 

 It increases in breadth and thick- 

 ness towards the centre of the 

 body, whence the thickness con- 

 tinues to increase, till at the base it 

 attains 1-5 cm. The body is a little 

 more broad than thick, being broadest 

 in the middle (2 cm). The sharp edges 

 of the head curve slightly inwards 

 towards the centre of the butt, thus 

 giving the head a graceful slen- 

 derness. Both the upper and under 

 side show, particularly towards the point, a marked ridge; but 

 the one on the under side disappears towards the base. The 

 line hole pierces the head from either side of the butt in a 

 plane parallel to the blade, forming a slightly curved channel. 

 The line grooves (side grooves extending backwards from the 

 mouths of the hole and intended for the countersinking of the 

 harpoon line so that it may not hinder the head from pene- 

 trating into the animal) are deep and carefully worked, and they 



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Fig. 1. Harpoon head. 

 Cape Tobin. 



