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Ivory of res>ti]le§. 



Teeth of alligator used for jewelry, whistles, cane-handles, buttons, 

 &c. 



26895. Jewelry mauiifactnred from teeth of alligator (Alligator mississipien- 

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

 An extensive trade in alligator teeth has sprung np within the last ten 

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

 ufacture into fancy articles. 



Ivory of fishes. 



Sharks' teeth used in arming weapons.^ 

 Teeth of sharks and other fish used as trinkets.^ 

 Jaws of the sleeper-shark {Somn^osus hrevvpinna) used for head- 

 dresses by Indians. 



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



& Sons, Quebec. 



Bone of iiiaBiimals. 



Parts of splanchno-skeleton of feroe, used as charms. 



. Os penis of raccoon, used as charm. 



9476. "Os mirabilis" of walrus. Alaska. Gen. Geo. 11. Thomas, U.S.A. 



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



l)lements and as tablets for paintings.^ 

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



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



24855. Bone parasol-handle. Joseph Shardlow, New York, 

 24854. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



24853. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



24852. Bone counters. Josei:)h Shardlow, New York. 

 24851. Bone shields. " " 



24850. Bone cribbage-pins. " " 



24849. Bone dice. " '' 



24843-4-5-6-7-8. Bone brush-handles. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 

 24842. Bone martingale-rings. " " 



24837. Bono napkin-rings. " " 



24833-4-5-6. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



19513. Bow. Made of bone. Greenland Eskimos. Geo. Y. Nickerson. 

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

 25673. Bone marlin-sinke. Made at sea by Thomas Freeman. Used for 

 splicing trawl-lines. Sanford Freeman, Norwichport, Mass. 



Sperm-whale jaw-bone, used for harness-rings, martingales, &c. 



29233-4-5-6-7-8-9-40. Parasol -handles made from sperm-whale's jaw. Har- 

 vey & Ford, Pluladelphia, 



' Displayed in Ethnological division. 



