. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. An old harpoon toggle head (Cat. No. 81^382. Nuwuk, in the Point Barrow region, made of bone, all in one piece, is shown in fig. 77. In fact, it is a l)arbed head, like that of the seal dart, becoming a toggle head. The part answering to the blade is a point on the bone with a single barb on the lower side or belly. From the base of the l)arb the body widens to the ))utt end. The line hole is transverse to the blade. The butt is cut off dia
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. An old harpoon toggle head (Cat. No. 81^382. Nuwuk, in the Point Barrow region, made of bone, all in one piece, is shown in fig. 77. In fact, it is a l)arbed head, like that of the seal dart, becoming a toggle head. The part answering to the blade is a point on the bone with a single barb on the lower side or belly. From the base of the l)arb the body widens to the ))utt end. The line hole is transverse to the blade. The butt is cut off diagonally. The socket is wanting, but the bone is concave on one side. Mr. Murdoch thinks that a socket \vas pro- vided bj^ the lashing, as in Example 89381.' Length, 3 inches. Collected by P. H. Ray. An old-style toggle head (Cat. No. 89748,U. S. N. M.) for a harpoon is shown in fig. 78. The body is of bone, quadrangular in section. The head is of chipped stone, with a tang set into the kerf in front of the body and held in place not l)v a rivet, but by a lashing of sinew twine. The line hole is at the extremity of the body, where it begins to taper to the spur or barb, which is slighth' bifurcated at its outer end. This is called an old-fashioned specimen because the blade of stone is in the plane of the greatest width of the bodj^ and is bisected by the line ; A retrieving seal harpoon (Cat. No. 89907, U. M.) from Point Barrow, collected by Ray, is shown in figs. 79 and 80. This specimen was supposed by Murdoch to have been invented after the introduction of the rifie. but in his description-' he makes the remark that though it is used at the present dav for nothing but retrieving, the fact of similar specimens having been brought bv the officers of the BJosmm shows that Fig. 76. COMBINED BARBED AND TOGGLE HEAD. Point Barrow. Collected by P. H. Ray. Cat. No. 89381. Fig. 77. OLD TOGGLE HEAD. Point Barrow. Collected by Cat. H. Ray, after JIuidoch' i. 8938
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