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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

5:70. Plaited basket with nearly effaced
ornaments, apparently oblique zig-zag
bands. On the upper part crescent-shaped ornaments
enclose warp-stems in pairs. Fragm. of handle,
made of twisted yellowish string, fastened to the
wall with five separate coils at each side. H. 19
cm. Diam. about 11 cm.

5:71. Piece of white felt, probably the lid of
—:70.

5:72. Cord of yellowish-white, undyed wool.
Th. 5—6 mm.

5:73. Small peg with a bushy tuft of feathers
fastened to it with red wool. Apparent-
ly a plume from a head-dress. L. 17 cm.

5:74. The greater part of a weasel's skin tied
to a piece of white felt, apparently from
a head-dress.

(5:75—5:93 were found in the
sand above the coffins E
and F).

5:75. Wooden arrow-shaft with two tufts of
feathers attached to it with red wool.
Neatly decorated with transverse and spiral rows
of small incised triangles filled with red. L. 76 cm.
Pl. 7:12 and 12:8.

5:76—78. Three wooden arrow-shafts with two
tufts of feathers and decorated in the
same fashion as —:75. L. 73.5 and 77.5 cm.

5:79—80. Two wooden arrow-shafts, crooked,
and having originally two tufts of
feathers; decorated in the same fashion as —:75.
L. 75 and 78 cm. —:80 Fig. 14:2.

5:81—84. Four fragm. of wooden arrow-shafts
of same kind as the preceding ones,
though two of them have no triangles, only lines.

5:85. Arrow-shaft of tamarisk wood. Has
had two tufts of feathers but other-
wise undecorated. L. 78 cm.

5:86—87. One complete and one broken wooden
arrow-shaft, each decorated with a
spiral line. L. 67 and 53 cm.

5:88. Wooden peg of same kind as 5:50. L.
198 mm. Pl. 9:3.

5:89. Plumage from head-dress. A long black
feather, thinly wound with red wool,
and four tufts of short brown feathers each tied to
a pointed peg. The whole plumage kept together by
a cross-going peg entirely wound with red wool.
On one side a piece of a weasel's skin. Longest
feather 39 cm. Pl. 10:8.

5:90. Small peg with a tuft of feathers in the
upper end. Part of plume of a head-
dress. L. 22.5 cm. Pl. 9:9.

5:91. Peg with feathers, of same kind as
—:90.

5:92. Peg with a black feather, attached to it
with red wool. The upper part broken
off. From a head-dress.

5:93. Cord of brown wool with a knot at one
end. Probably handle of a basket. L.
31.8 cm. Th. about 1 cm.

S u r f a c e f i n d s i n g e n e r a l,
C e m e t e r y 5.

5:94. Wooden arrow-shaft, rather crooked,
with one remaining tuft of feathers a
little above the middle, the upper tuft lost. Decor-
ated with transverse and spiral rows of small in-
cised triangles filled with red. L. 77 cm.

5:95-101. Seven fragm. of wooden arrow-shafts,
some thick and some thin, with por-
tions of one or two tufts of feathers and decorated
in the usual way with small triangles.

5:102-109. Eight fragm. of wooden arrow-shafts
with the usual ornaments of small tri-
angles. —:103 Fig. 14:10.

5:110. Arrow-shaft of tamarisk wood with a
spiral line with a few incised triangles,
all turned in same direction. L. 70 cm.

5:111. Wooden arrow-shaft with the usual de-
coration filled with red. Obliquely
pointed at one end. L. 57 cm.

5:112. Fine arrow-shaft of tamarisk wood
with four groups of transverse orna-
ments, each consisting of five lines with small
triangles turned in the same direction. L. 78 cm.
Fig. 14:5.

5:113-114. Two rather heavy wooden arrow-shafts
with a marked groove in the rear end
to receive the bow string. L. 63.5 and 65.5 cm.
—:113 Pl. 7:10.

5:115. Wooden peg of same type as 5:50,
thinner at one end, pointed at the other.
L. 37.5 cm.

5:116. Piece of a reed.

5:117. Flat wooden peg tapering towards one
end. 23 cm. from the broad end there is
a small oval hollow with burnt surface. L. 58.5 cm.
Br. 3.9—1.5 cm. Pl. 7:1.

5:118. Wooden object of same type as —:117
but the narrow part has a more round-

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