(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)
Figs. 21, 22. Throwing-sticks of the Southern type. Fig. 21 is
left-handed, collected by Dr. T.T. Minor, at Kadiak, in 1869. Museum
number, 7933. Fig. 22 collected by W.H. Dall, at Unalashka, in 1873.
Museum number, 12981. At Sitka two specimens were collected,
unfortunately not figured, with the following characters laid down in
the beginning of this paper: 1. Short, very narrow and deep, and carved
all over with devices. 2. No handle distinct from the body. 3, 4, 5, 6.
All wanting. 7. The index-finger cavity is near the center of the back,
very like a thimble. Indeed this is a very striking feature. 8. The
shaft groove occupies only the lower half of the upper surface. 9. The
spur for the end of the weapon shaft is a long piece of iron like a
knife-blade driven into the wood, with the edge toward the weapon
shaft.
[Illustration: Fig. 21. Kadiak throwing-stick, front and back,
left handed.
Fig. 22. Unalashkan throwing-stick, front and back.]
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