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III. MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MAN- 

 UFACTURES. 



Hard materials. 

 9. Ivory and bone. 

 iTory of iiiainiiialiii. 



Tusks of walrus used for triukets, handles, jewelry, buttons, paper- 

 knives, counters, &c. 



2565fi. Tusks of walrus {Bo.wtarus ohcsiis). Alaska. C. H. Crauclall. 

 15592. Commercial -svalrus ivory. Poonook, Alaska, H. W. Elliott. 

 16174. Teeth of youug walrus {Eosmarus obvsiis). Used in making powder 



chargers. Nunivak Island, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 

 24819. Ivory of walrus in rough state. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 24887. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (7?o.sj«arHs). (Figure of lady.) Geo. 



"^ Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 24886. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (FiOSinarits). (Figure of lady and horse. ) 



Geo. Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 26896. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (Eosmarus Coolii). Repulse Bay. Capt. 



H. C. Chester, Noauk, Conn. 

 25654. Harpoon head made at sea from walrus tusk. J. H Bartlett & Sons, 



New Bedford, Mass. 

 2631. Handle of walrus ivory. Northwest coast, America. United States 



Exploring Expedition. Capt. Chas. Wilkes, U. S. N. 

 24815-6. Cane handles of walrus ivory. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 



24812. Chain and cross of walrus ivory. " " 

 24814. Knobs of walrus Ivory. " " 



24813. Searf-slido of walrus ivory. " " 

 24817-18. Sword handles of walrus ivory. " " 

 24820-21-22. Knife handles of walrus ivory. " " 



24823. Crochet-needles of walrus ivory. " " 



24824. Pool-balls of walrus ivory. " " 

 24825-6-7-8-9-30-31-32. Buttons and studs of walrus ivory. Joseph Shard- 

 low, New York. 



Teeth of bears, dogs, wolves, foxes, peccaries, and other large mam- 

 mals, used as implements, arrow- tips, and ornaments, by Indians. 



6226. Bear teeth (used as ornaments). Bloomtield, N. Y. Col. E. Jewett. 



Elk ivory (used by Indians for ornamentation). 



1874. Ivory of cl\i.{Cen'HS canadensis). Yamp Utah Indians, Urah. Captain 

 Gunnison, U. S. A. 



Tusks of mammoth elephant {Elephas lyrmmjeniuH) from Xorthern 

 America and Asia, with Eskinr) car\'ings.' 



15385. Tusk of mammoth. Alaska. J. G. Swan. 



11041. Comb. Made from the ivory of fossil elephant. Saint Michael's^ 

 Alaska. W, H. Dall. 



'An interesting series of aboriginal carvings from mammoth ivory is displayed iu 

 the Ethnological division. 



