. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HARPOONS. 201 TAKTS OK TIIK TO(i(;i,K IIA lU'i )()X. T(></(/l" :i togtifle har})oon head it is necessary to orient it, not that the Eskimo is known to have held any portion of the apparatus uppermost hal)itually, l)ut for the sak(> of convenience in comparing ditt'erent types and styk^s. However, Captain Ilerendeen in- forms the author that so far as his personal observation i>-oes the barb of a togo-le
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HARPOONS. 201 TAKTS OK TIIK TO(i(;i,K IIA lU'i )()X. T(></(/l" :i togtifle har})oon head it is necessary to orient it, not that the Eskimo is known to have held any portion of the apparatus uppermost hal)itually, l)ut for the sak(> of convenience in comparing ditt'erent types and styk^s. However, Captain Ilerendeen in- forms the author that so far as his personal observation i>-oes the barb of a togo-le harpoon head, like the cock feather in an arrow, is held uppermost. (See tig, 1.) To orient a toggle it must })e placed with the barb or spur at the rear end uppermost, the point awa}^ from the observer. It will then be possible to speak of the top, ))ack, or upper side; of the ])ottom, bell}-, or under side; of the right margin and the left margin; of the front or point; and of the butt end or rear. In those large examples, wherein there are right and left barbs in the rear, with the blade in the plane of the widest diameter of the bod}' (Cat. Nos. , 63948, , figs. 34-50), the top may be distinguished from the bottom by means of the line hole, which runs in a bent course through the body. The parts of a toggle head have been discussed by Mr. John Murdoch.^ When the toggle head is oriented it will be seen that it is possible to speak of the following parts: Body, blade, blade slit or kerf, line hole, line grooves, barbs (side and rear), socket for loose shaft, butt or rear end of the body, loose shaft, blade line, loose-shaft loop or running- loop, head line or leader, ornamentations, and owner marks. Each one of these parts should be described and even its absence noted. The characteristics of these parts are as follows: Body.—Its material, shape in outline and section, and dimensions. Blade.—Its material, shape, relation to the body, whether a part of it oi'no
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