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back edge over half its length and replaced by a groove for the remainder 
of the distance. The obverse is the smoother surface, being the outer 
side of the antler. On this side is a row of pits closely bounding both the 
front edge and the notch under the barb. Another row parallels the back 
edge, but not so closely. 
Two fragments of thin, fiat harpoon points, made of antler, each 
barbed on one edge and having small notches across that edge, were found 
in the same refuse. The barbs are similar to that on the specimen above 
described. On the back edge of the larger of these fragments there is a 
row of shallow pits, apparently made for decorative purposes. 
The two barbs on the tip fragment of a harpoon head (Plate VI, 
figure 18) are somewhat specialized from this type. The shaft is oval, 
almost lenticular in cross-section. The axils of the barbs are somewhat 
square, as in the points illustrated in figures 11, 17, and 20, but the long 
edge of the barb, as so seen in the illustration, is distinctly shouldered. 
That portion of the edge from the shoulder to the axil of the barb is more 
or less flattened. A similarly barbed tip fragment of a harpoon with 
three barbs was found in the same heap. A third harpoon head with this 
specialized style of barb is illustrated in figure 20. 
A well-made barb of the fifth type (Plate VI, figure 19) cut from a 
harpoon made of bone, is cut off flat parallel to the median line of the shaft. 
This flat surface shows striations such as might be made in cutting it off 
with a flake of stone. The barb may have been cut off to reshape a harpoon 
head, but its use is only conjectural. 
The specimen in figure 20, of bone, is roughly triangular in section and has 
been burned, so that it has a metallic ring. On its more acute angle it has 
one barb of the specialized form of the fifth type. Above it is the undercut 
of another barb, probably the tip one. The triangular shaft, sharp edge, 
and these notches, suggest that it was barbed only on one edge. The 
barbs apparently vary from those of the fifth type in having the outer edge 
in line with the general outline of the object. The two barb undercuts on 
the fragment were clearly cut from both sides. In general they are like the 
notches illustrated on Plate VI, figures 17 and 18, but are larger at the 
bottom of the cut than at the opening. Below both notches the edge of the 
shaft was cut away for a distance greater than the depth of the notch or the 
length of the barb, apparently to allow the barb to take effect, and was 
necessary because of the narrowness of the notch at the opening. As des- 
cribed in detail on page 84, this specimen is decorated with notches along 
the edges. A longitudinal incision extends along all but the upper part of 
the back edge. On each of the sides near the back are two parallel grooves. 
The second groove falls farther short of the tip than the first, especially on 
one side. Across the angles of the back, between the incision on the back 
and those on the sides, are notches which are very slightly slanted. All the 
front edge of the harpoon head bears notches and there are also notches on 
both corners of the undercut below 7 the barb. A specimen found by 
Patterson 1 in the prehistoric cemetery closely resembles this one. 
Three or possibly four harpoon points, barbed on both edges, are 
known from the harbour, all being from the prehistoric cemetery. Two 
of them are small and delicate, and have minute barbs like saw teeth at 
i Cf. Dawson (a), Fig. 1 of supplement, and Dawson (b), Fig. 27. 
