This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...on one side and the top is pointed. The butt end is cylindrical to fit into the foreshaft, and 2 inches above it are three holes bored for the rawhide thong which attaches this part to the shaft. The noticeable feature in this old piece is the presence of the barbs on the loose shaft and the entire absence of toggle ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...on one side and the top is pointed. The butt end is cylindrical to fit into the foreshaft, and 2 inches above it are three holes bored for the rawhide thong which attaches this part to the shaft. The noticeable feature in this old piece is the presence of the barbs on the loose shaft and the entire absence of toggle attachments. Length, 14 inches. Gift of the Copenhagen Museum. Fig. 26. TOGGLE AND BARBED HARPOON HEAD. West Greenland. Gift of Copenhagen Museum. Cat. No. 45883. U.S.N.M. Fig. 26 is a combined toggle and barbed harpoon head from western Greenland (No. 45883, U.S.N.M.), all in one piece of antler. The body is narrow and flat, the spongy part of the material being the back of the implement, while the belly, which takes the strain of the line, is the outside hard portion of the antler. For a blade, the fore end was sharpened to a point. There is no evidence of a metal blade having been used in this head. The line hole is formed by two slanting holes meeting on the back of the body, so as to leave a small opening on the back, a feature not common in Greenland specimens, but observed in many from the Amur region (Plate 7). The line grooves extend only half an inch backward, and then suddenly terminate. Originally there were doubtless three barbs; one, a strong hook on the left-hand margin between the point and the line hole, and two barbs at the butt, spread out like a fish tail, the tips being cut in an ornamental manner (see Plate 8, from Von Schrenk). The socket for the foreshaft is only three-fourths of an inch deep. The butt end is cut off with a long bevel, steep on its lower half and sloping more and more outward. Length, 4i inches. Collected by Dr. Emil Bessels, but special locality not given. A toggle head of bone from western Greenland (No...
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