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l^fraiglit koftflves. 



Splitting and rii)ping- knives. 



29416. Double-edged ripping-kuifc (peculiar to coast of Maiue). Wilcox, 



Critteudcn & Co., Middlctowu, Couu. 

 29402. Mackerol-splittiug kuifc. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 .29408. Mackerol-splittiug Iciiiie. Capt. Sam. Elwell, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29404. Codlisli-8i)littiug laiife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29413. Cod or haddock rippiug kuife (old style). G. P. Foster, Beverly, 



Mass. 



29414. Hake or haddock splittiug kuife. A. McCiu-dy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29415. Haddoek-rippiug knife. " ' " 



riaying-knives, aboriginal and recent.^ 



20169. Flayiug-kuife. 5-iucLi blade. Joliu Russell Cutlery Co., Tumor's 



[Falls, Mass. 



26170. Flaying-kuife. 6-iucli blade. " " 



26171. Flayiug-kuife. 7-iucli blade. " " 

 20179. Flayiug-kuife. 5-iucli blade. " " 



26180. Flayiug-kuife. 6-iucli blade. " " 



26181. Flayiug-kuife. 6Much blade. " " 



26185. Flayiug-kuifo. C-iucli blade. " 



26186. Flayiug-kuife. 6-iuch blade. " 



26187. Flayiug-kuiie. 7-iueh blade. " " 



26188. Flayiug-kuife. 5-iucli blade, " " 



26189. Flayiug-kuife. 6-iucli blade. " 



26190. Flaying-kuife. 7-iucli blade. " " 

 23211. Flayiug-knife. 5-iucb blade. " " 



26212. Flayiug-kuife. 0-iucb blade. . " " 



26213. Flayiug-kuife. O^-iuch blade. " " 



Blubber-knives, Eskimos.'^ 

 Boarding-knives used by whalemen. 



Used in cutting the blul)ber into sections from the ''blanket piece" or long 

 strip which is peeled from the sides of the Avhale; for illustration of the 

 manner of use see the model of whaler "cuttiug in the blubber." 



25676. Boarding-knife. W. II. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 

 "This knife has seen many years of service." — A. R. C. 

 26608. Boardiug-knife, with sheath. A. R. Crittenden, Middletowu, Couu. 



Whalemen's boat-knives. 



Used to cut the harpoon-line when it gets tangled in paying out. 



. Boat-kuif(! (model). Capt. L. Ilowlaud, New Bedford. 



This model iu its sheath on the bulkhead of tlu-. whale-boat, roady 

 for use, is shown in the model of a whale-boat (No. 24880). 



Heading-knives. 



32089. Halibut-heading knife. Adoli)h Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



'A full series of Eskimo and Indijin Haying-knives is disi)layed iu the Ethnological 

 division. 



-A series of these implements is exhibited in the Ethnological division. 



