373 



m 



East Greenland by "Die zweite Deutsche Nordpolarexpedition" ^), 



by Hyder-), and by Nathorst ■'). 



Aside from the latter's find, the three other points are 



characteristic in so far as their barbs are not unilateral (i. e. 



placed only on the inner edge of the points), but that they 



have a barb also on the outer edge, and that this barb is — in 



all alike — situated a little further from the tip than 



the barb on the inner edge. The lowest of the 



inner barbs in the point found by Amdrup, as 



well as in Nathorsts point, are placed unusually 



far down (about at the middle of the point), and is 



less sharply marked than the corresponding barb 



in the two other points from East Greenland. For 



the rest, all the points which have been discovered 



are more or less of a pattern ; thus e. g., all 



of them have a little notch on the outer edge 



just where the edge forms the greatest outward 



curve; this notch being intended to receive a 



lashing which held this part of the point in its 



proper position on the wooden shaft; the butt of the 



point lies close up against the latter, and is secured 



with another lashing. Whereas the point discovered 



by Ryder was broken off at the base, the lower р;„ jg. 



part of inv. Amd. 20 is well preserved, and the Lateral point of 



same is true of that found by the German Expe- ' r^ .• 



•^ ^ Cape Tobin. 



dition; both of these latter are marked by the 

 oblique cut in the butt end, characteristic of these imple- 

 ments, which gives the lower edge a slanting shape, adapting 

 it well for resting close up against the wooden shaft, and 

 the equally characteristic reflexed or hooked end, which 

 makes it possible with the aid of a light lashing to turn the 



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') Koldewey I. 60.=>, fig. 18. 



*) Ryder 316 



*) Stolpe. Plate .5, fig 15. 



