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Ivory or rcg>lflie«. 



Teetli of alligator used for jewelry, whistles, cane-bandles, buttons, 

 Ace. 



26895. Jewelry mauiilactTued from teeth of alligator {AUUjator missmipien- 

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

 An exteusive trade in alligator teetli has sprung ii)) within the last ten 

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

 ufaetni\' into faney articles. 



Ivory ol* li*>>he>!i. 



Sharks' teeth used iu arming weapons.^ 

 Teeth of sharks and other (ish used as trinkets.' 

 Jaws of the sleeper-shark {Scmniosus hrevipiinui) used for head- 

 dresses by Indians. 



. Coronet of shark's teeth. Gulf of Saint Lawrence. G. E. Kenfiew 



&. Sons, Quebec. 



Bone of EaaaBUGBiaBf^i. 



Parts of splanehno-skeleton of fera>, used as charms. 



. Os penis of raccoon, used as ehann. 



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



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

 plements and as tablets for paintings.' 



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

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



•24855. Cone parasol-handle. Josejdi Shardlow, !New York. 

 ^4854. lioni-, parasol-handle. '' " 



24853. Bone parasol-handle. " '' 



24852. Bone counters. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 24851. Bone .shields. " " 



24850. Bone cribbage-pins. *' " 



24849. Bone dice. " 



2484?.-4-5-G-7-8. Bone l)rush-liandles. Joseph Shardlow, New Y'ork. 

 24842. Bone martingale-rings. " " 



24837. Bono napkin-rings. " 



24833-4-5-fi. Bon(^ i)arasol-haiidle. " " 



19513. Bow. Made of bone. Greenland Kslvimos. Geo. Y, Nickerson. 

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

 2507;?. Bone marlin-s])ike. Made at si'a by Thomas I'reenian. Used for 

 splicing trawl-lines. Sanford Fnci'.ian, Niuwieh; ( r;, ?Iass. 



Sperm- wliale jaw-bone, used for hiirncss-rings, martingales, &c. 



29233— l-r>-G-7-8-9-40. Parasol-handles made from spenu-Avhale's jaw. ILir- 

 vey &, Ford, riiiladelphia. 



' Displayed in Ethnological division. 



