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III. MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MAN- 

 UFACTURES. 



Hard materials. 

 9. Ivory and bone. 

 Ivory ol* iBiaiiintafli^i. 



Tusks of walrus used for trinkets, liandles, jewelry, buttons, pai^er- 

 kuives, counters, &e. 



25656. Tusks of walrus (Jiosmanis obcstts). Alaska. C. H. Crandall. 

 15592. Commercial walnis ivory. Poonook, Alaska. H. W. Elliott. 

 1G174. Teeth of youujj; walrus (Rosmarus obvsus). Used in making powder 



chargers. Nunivak Lslaud, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 

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



24887. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (7i*osm«rH8). (Figure of lady.) Geo. 



Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 



24888. Scrimshawed tooth of wah'us (Bosnmrus). (Figure of lady and horse. ) 



Geo. Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. 

 26896. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (A'o8»iarMS C'oo/at). Repulse Bay. Capt. 



H. C. Chester, Noauk, Couu. 

 25654. Harpoon head made at sea fiom walrus tusk. J. H Bartlett & Sons, 



New Bedford, Mass. 

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



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

 24815-6. 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. " " 



24824. Pool-balls of Avalrus ivory. " " 

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

 low, New York. 



I Teeth of bears, dogs, wolves, foxes, peccaries, and other large mam- < 

 mals, used as implements, arrow-tips, and ornaments, by Indians. ( 



6226. Bear teeth (used as ornaments). Bloomfield, N. Y. Col. E. Jewett. 



Elk ivory (used by Indians for ornamentation). 



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

 Gunnison, U. S. A. 



Tusks of mammoth elephant {Elephas primigenius) from Northern 

 America and Asia, with Eskimo carvings.^ 



15385. Tusk of mammoth. Alaska. J. G. Swan. \ 



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

 Alaska. W. H. Dall. 

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

 the Ethnological division. 



