. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 288 REPORr OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, The head and contiguous parts of a small toggle harpoon (Cat. No. 37380, ) for seal, from Chalitniut, collected by E. W. Nelson, is shown in lig. 83. The bod)- of the head is of ivory, somewhat rectangular in cross section, but carved and flattened on both sides in parts of threes. The blade is set into a saw cut at the tip of the head and not held by any rivet. The socket for the loose shaft is
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 288 REPORr OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, The head and contiguous parts of a small toggle harpoon (Cat. No. 37380, ) for seal, from Chalitniut, collected by E. W. Nelson, is shown in lig. 83. The bod)- of the head is of ivory, somewhat rectangular in cross section, but carved and flattened on both sides in parts of threes. The blade is set into a saw cut at the tip of the head and not held by any rivet. The socket for the loose shaft is a slen- der cone truncated within, the front end of the loose shaft being sawed off. The butt end of the bod}" is beveled out. A long slope and three barbs are formed at the hinder edge of this bevel and ornamented with concentric circles and lines. The line hole passes straight through the body, as in many other examples of this type. The loose shaft is a spindle- shaped piece of bone, longer on the front slope. The hinder end is sharpened to lit into a groove. In the end of the foreshaft a hole is bored through the thick portion of the loose shaft, and through this hole and around the leader or line is formed a grommet of sinew cord. The two ends of the leader are overlapped and vuiited b}' a notch. A small toggle harpoon (Cat. No. 37395, ) of the Alaskan Eskimo, at Chalit- niut, on the north of Kuskokwim Bay. is shown in fig. 84. It is a tvpe of the region and is made with a great deal of artistic skill. Blades are nowadays of brass, copper, and other met- als, often of slate, inserted into a small toggle head of ivory transversely to the plane of the barbs, the plate intersecting the barb, which is bifurcated and sometimes trifurcated. The body is also ornamented with graceful lines, herring bone patterns, and circles. Into the socket of the headpiece is inserted the point of a small bone loose shaft, which fits by its lower end into a shallow socket of the fo
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