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Inv. Amd. 4 (Fig. 3 and PI. XV), like all the following har- 

 poon heads, was found on the Skærgaardshalvo. 



It is a harpoon head, in front flattish, rhomboidal in cross 

 section, with sharp side edges which curve inwards at the 

 middle giving the head a characteristic indenture; rear of the 

 centre it is approximately cylindrical, widening out conically 

 towards the base. The rear part of the upper side exhibits 

 a marked ridge which extends down to the base of the 

 head. There is one barb terminating the back, and slightly 

 bifurcated. The base of the head is bevelled concavely; the 

 shaft-socket, which opens out into it with sharp edges, is about 

 l'5cm deep (at the opening about 0'7 cm in diameter). 



This harpoon head is distinguished from 

 the types no. I and 2 by having, instead of 

 one laterally situated line-hole, two line-holes 

 which pierce it vertically (from the upper to 

 the lower side) and straightly. They he close 

 to one another in the median of the body. 

 They are bored slantwise and diverge in a 

 downward direction; on the upper side of the 

 head the openings lie scarcely 3 mm from 

 each other, sunk in a common oblong groove 

 (cf. inv. Amd. 5), an arrangement whereby 

 the line could run round without forming any 

 hindrance on the surface of the head. 

 On the under side of the head the openings are about 

 5 mm distant from each other, sunk like the former, only that in 

 this case each has its own depression, the one in front being 

 formed as a circular countersink, intended for the reception 

 of a knot at the end of the line for fastening it. Thus the line 

 must have run round from this front depression through the 

 hole and back through the other hole, the inner channel of 

 which is of exactly the same width as that of the front hole. 

 In the illustration the latter looks larger on account of its 



Fig. 3. 



Harpoon head. 



Skærgaardshalvo. 



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