(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)
Fig. 7. Kotzebue Sound type. The specific marks are the twisted
handle, the broad shallow shaft groove, and, notably, the pocket for the
index-finger tip-visible on the lower side, but nearly absent from the
upper side, and lying directly under the shaft groove. In the examples
before noted all the holes for the index finger are to one side of this
shaft groove. Collected in Kotzebue Sound, by E.P. Herendeen, in 1874.
Museum number, 16235.
Fig. 8. The Rodgers type, so called because the locality is
doubtful. In specific characters it resembles Fig. 7. The differences
are the three cavities for finger tips in the handle, the shaft groove
very shallow and running out before reaching the index-finger cavity,
and the delicate hook for the spear shaft resembling those farther
south. Since writing this paper two throwing-sticks from Sitka have been
seen in many respects resembling this form, but covered all over their
surfaces with characteristic Thlinkit mythological figures, and having
iron hooks at the lower end of the shaft groove. Collected by Commodore
John Rodgers, in 1867. Museum number, 2533.
[Illustration: Fig. 7. Kotzebue Sound throwing-stick, front and
back.
Fig. 8. The Commodore Rodgers throwing-stick, front and back.]