148 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED SlATES. 



III. MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MAN- 

 UFACTURES. 



* Hard materials. 

 4. Ivory and bone. 



IVORY OF MAMMALS. 



Tusks of wiilrus used for trinkets, handles, jewelry, buttons, paper- 

 knives, counters, &c. 



25H5G. Tusks of walrus {Ronmanis ohesus). Alaska. C. H. Craudall. 



11751. Tusks of walrus. Repulse Bay. C. F. Hall. 



16174. Tcetli of youug walrus {Eosmarus obesu>i). LTsed iu ma'dug powder 



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

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

 24887. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus {Eosmarus). (Figure of lady). Geo. 



Y. Niekerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 2631. Handle of walrus ivory. Northwest coast America. Uuited States 



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

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



24812. Chain and cross of walrus ivory. '' " 

 24814. Knobs of walrus ivory. ' " " 



24813. Scarf-slide of walrus ivory. " " 

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

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

 24823. Crochet-needles of walrus ivory. " " 



Ivory of narwhal {Monodon monoceros), used for canes. 



13521. Cane made from tusk of narwhal. Eskimos of North Greenland. 

 F. T. Commagere. 



Teeth of sperm-whale {Physeter macrocephaUis) and their application 

 to the manufacture of balls, buttons, and trinkets. 



24906-8, Teeth of sperm-whale, polished. J. H. Clark, Newport, R. I. 

 15290. " " G. Y. Niekerson, New Bedford, Mass. 



24905. Tooth of sperm-whale. Scrimshawed and mounted as watch case, 



figure of American eagle. J. H. Clark, Newport, R. I. 

 24904. Tooth of sperm-whale. Scrimshawed with figure of crucifix and 



flowers. J. H. Clark, Newport, R. I. 

 24901. Tooth or sperm-whale. Scrimshawed with figure of whaling-ship. 

 J. H. Clark, Newport, R. I. 

 [p,fjO(7f;/249P2. Tooth of sperm-whale. Scrimshawed with figure of America iu 

 colors. J. H. Clark, Newport, R. I. .,,,.. 



7659. Tooth of sperm-whale. Scrimshawed with this legend :' ^''Taken * 

 .yi^i* ihfeii*'-^ip!'*!MWntteal5^of ■* -Loridoiii *"itg-*^' .lhe'.*^^PaeIfic * 

 Ocean * froia* a* ono * lumdred* barrel •.*, -whale *. — * — 

 1835 *." m».. Dove, Washington, D. C, 1842. 



