(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)
Fig. 5. Anderson River type. The specific marks are the extreme
plainness of form, the lack of accommodations for the thumb and fingers,
excepting the eccentric index-finger hole, the poor groove for the
harpoon-shaft, and the absence of a hook or spur at the bottom of this
groove. The accidental marks are cuts running diagonally across the
back. In another specimen seen from the same locality the shaft groove
is squared after the manner of the Cumberland Gulf type. Collected at
the mouth of Anderson River, by R. Kennicott, in 1866. Museum number,
2267.
Fig. 6. Point Barrow type. The specific marks are the distinct
handle without finger grooves, the very eccentric index-finger hole, the
method of inserting the spur for the shaft, and the harpoon-shaft groove
very shallow above and deep below. In the specimens shown by Mr. Murdoch
there is great uniformity of shape. Collected at Point Barrow, by Lieut.
P.H. Ray, in 1883. Museum number, 89902.
[Illustration: Fig. 5. Anderson River throwing-stick, front and
back.
Fig. 6. Point Barrow throwing-stick, front and back.]