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8trai§:lit kmves. 



Splitting and rix)ping knives. 



29416. Double-edged ripping-kuife (peculiar to coast of Maine). Wilcox, 



Crittendeu &, Co., Middlctowu, Couu. 

 29402. Mackerel-splittiug kuife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29408. Mackerel-splitting knife. Capt. Sam. Elwell, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29404. C'odfisli-splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29413. Cod or haddock ripping knife (old style). G. P. Foster, BcA-erlj', 



Mass. 



29414. Hake or haddock splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29415. Haddock-ripping knife. " " 



Flaying-knives, aboriginal and recent.^ 



26169. Flaying-knife. 5-incli blade. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turncr'a 



[Falls, Mass. 



26170. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26171. Flaying-kniie. 7-inch blade, " . " 

 26179. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 

 23180. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " ■ " 

 26181. Flaying-knife. 6i-inch blade. " " 



26185. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 



26186. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. '' " 



26187. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 



26188. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 



26189. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26190. Flaying-knife. 7-inch blade. " " 



26211. Flaying-knife. 5-inch blade. " " 



26212. Flaying-knife. 6-inch blade. " " 



26213. Flaying-knife. 6i-inch blade. " " 



Blubber-knives, Eskimos.^ 

 Boarding-knives used by whalemen. 



Used in cutting the blubber into sections from the "blanket piece" or long 

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

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



25676. Boarding-knife. AV. H. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 

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

 26608. Boarding-knife, with sheath. A. R. Crittenden, Middletown, Conn. 



Whalemen's boat-knives. 



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



. Boat-knife (model). Capt. L. Howland, New Bedford. 



This model in its sheath on the bulkhead of the whale-boat, ready 

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



■ Heading-knives. 



32689. Halibut-heading knife. Adolpli Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



' A full series of Eskimo and Indian flaying-knives is displayed in the Ethnological 

 division. 



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



