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Ivory of reptiles. 



Teeth of alligator used for jewehy, whistles, caue-handles, buttonB, 



2G895. Jewelry manufactured from teotli of alligator {AUUjator mississipien- 

 sin). E. F. Gilbert, Jacksonville, Fla. 

 An extensive trade in alligator teeth has sprung up ■within the last ten 

 years. Ten establishments in Eastern Floiida are engaged in their man- 

 iifacture into fancy articles. 



Ivory oi' fishes. 



Sharks' teeth used in arming weapons.^ 

 Teeth of sharks and other iisli used as trinkets.^ 

 Jaws of the sleeper-shark {SGinniosus Ijrevipinna) used for head- 

 dresses by Indians. 



. Coronet of shark's teeth. Gulf of Saint Lawrence. G. R. Renliew 



& Sons, Quebec. 



Bone of laiaBiiiaiaSs. 



Parts of splanchno-skeleton of ferte, used as charms. 



. Os penis of raccoon, used as eluu'm. 



947(5. "Os mirabilis" of walrus. Alaska. Gen. Geo. II. Thomas, U.S.A. 



Bones of bear and other large mammals, used by Indians for im- 

 plements and as tablets for paintings.' 



Bones of buffalo and of the domestic ruminants, used as substitute 

 for ivory in the manufacture of buttons, handles, combs, &c. 



24855. Bono parasol-handle. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 24854. Bono parasol-handle. " " 



24853. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



24852. Bone counters. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 24851. Bone shields. '• " 



24850. Bone cribbage-pins. " " 



24849. Bone dice. " " 



2484:i-4-5-()-7-8. Bone brush-handles. Joseph Shardlow, Now Y'ork. 

 24842. Bone martingale-rings. *' " 



24837. Bone napkin-rings. " " 



24833-4-.5-6. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



19513. Bow. Made of bone. Greenland Eskimos. Geo. Y. Nickerson. 

 10280. Bow. Made of bone. Eskimo. King William's Land. 

 25673. Bone marliu-spike. ^Made at sea by Thomas Freeman. Used for 

 splicing trawl-lines. Sanford Ficcman, Norwich; cr,, ?I;!Ss. 



Sperm-Avhale jaw-bone, used for harness-rings, martingales, &c. 



29233-4-;VG-7-8-9-40. Parasol-handles made from sperm-whale's jaw. Har- 

 vey & Ford, Philadelphia. 



' Displayed in Ethnological division. 



