nd 10.
In all of them the peg at the bottom of the groove is very clumsy.
Collected in Norton Sound, by E.W. Nelson, in 1878. Museum number,
32995.

Fig. 12. Throwing-stick from Sabotnisky, on the Lower Yukon. It
belongs to the Norton Sound type. The cavity on the upper side of the
handle for the finger-tips is remarkable for the carving of a bird
resembling figures seen on objects made by the Western Indians of the
United States. Collected by E.W. Nelson, at Sabotnisky, in 1879. Museum
number, 36013.

[Illustration: Fig. 11. Norton Sound throwing-stick, front and
back.
Fig. 12. Sabotnisky throwing-stick, front and back.]

PLATE X.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 13. Specimen from Yukon River, belonging to the Northern
Sound one-pegged variety. Collected by E.W. Nelson, in 1879. Museum
number, 38849.

[Illustration: Fig. 13. Yukon River throwing-stick, front and
back.]

PLATE XI.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 14. Throwing-stick from Saint Michael's. This specimen is
very noteworthy on account of the absence of the index-finger pocket, a
mark characteristic of the Vancouver type, Fig. 17. If the middle peg of
the Vancouver example were removed the resemblance would be close, but
the clumsy spur at the bottom of the shaft groove is Norton Sound rather
than Nunivak. Collected by Lucien M. Turner, at Saint Michael's, in
1876. Museum number, 24335.

[Illustration: Fig. 14. Saint Michael's throwing-stick, front
and back.]

PLATE XII.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 15. Nunivak type. The characteristic marks are the absence
of any cavity for the index finger, the nicely-fitting handle, the
disposition of the finger-pegs, and the delicate point on the ivory spur
at the bottom of the shaft groove. Collected by W.H. Dall, at Nunivak
Island, in 1874. Museum number, 16239. (This specimen is left-handed.)

[Illustration: Fig. 15. Nunivak Island throwing-stick, front
and back, left-handed.]

PLATE XIII.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 16. Specimen from Nunivak, right-handed. The cuts on the
front and back are noteworthy. Collected by W.H. Dall, at Nunivak
Island, in 1874. Museum number, 16238.

[Illustration: Fig. 16. Nunivak Island throwing-stick, front
and back.]

PLATE XIV.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 17. Specimen from Cape Vancouver. In all respects it is
like those of Nunivak, excepting a peg-rest for the little finger.
Collected by E.W. Nelson, at Cape Vancouver, in 1879.