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III. MATEPJALS EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MAN- 

 UFACTURES. 



Hard materials. 



*,). IVOHV A^D BONE. 



iTory of* iiiaBiiin.'iBM. 



Tusks of walms used for tiiukets, handles, jewelry, buttons, paper- 

 knives, counters, «S:c. 



25650. Tusks of -walru.s (A'o.s'ww/v/s o&f.si((.s). Alaskii. C. H. Criuidiill. 

 15592. Coinnu'itial walius ivory. Pooiiook, Alaska. H. W. Elliott. 

 10174. Tcctli of yoini!^ walrus {RoHmarun obcnn,f). Used in iiiakiug powder 



chargers. Niniivak Island, Alaska. W. H. Ball. 

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

 "24887. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus {liosmarus). (Figure of ladj'.) Geo. 



Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 ■2488G. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus {liosmarus). (Figure; of lady and horse. ) 



Geo. Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 "26896. ScrimshaAved tooth of Avalrus (Eosmariis Cookii). Repulse Baj". Capt. 



H. C. Chester, Noauk, Conn, 

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



New Bedford, Mass. 

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



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

 54815-6. Cane handles of walrus ivory. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 "54812. 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. " " 



24824. Fopl-balls of walrus ivory. " " 

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

 low, New York. 



Teeth of bears, dogs, "«^olves, foxes, peccaries, and otlier large mam- 

 mals, used as implenu;nts, arrow-tips, and ornaments, by Indians. 



6"226. Bear teeth (used as ornaments). Bloomlield, N. Y. Col. E. Jewett. 



Elk ivory (used by Indians for ornamentation). 



1874. Ivory of elk (Ccrviis canadensis). Yamp Utah Indians, Utah. Captain 

 Gunnison, U. S. A. 



Tusks of mammoth elephant {FAcphuH primifleuius) from ]Korthern 

 America and Asia, with Eskiiir> carvings.' 



15385. Tusk of mammoth. Ala.ska. J. G. Swan. 



11041. Comb. Made from the ivory of fossil elephant. Saiiit Michael's, 

 Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



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

 the Ethnoloffical division. 



