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Eskimo seal-harpoon. 



Pole, wood, one inch in diameter ; butt recessed to receive a re- 

 curved bone spear, which is lashed with seal-skin ; ivory peg 

 for grij), lashed to pole with seal- skin ; tip mounted with a 

 bulb-like ivory head recessed for shank -, shank, ivory, fastened 

 to line with a small seal-skin laniard or becket. Lily-iron, 

 ivory, tipped with iron, rigid eye for line 5 seal-skin line at- 

 tached to head. Total length, 9 feet 2 inches. Norton Sound, 

 Alaska. 33888. E. W. Xelson. Combined harpoon and lance, 

 manufactured and used by natives in the capture of seal. 



Seal-harpoon. 



Pole, wood ; ivory spear or lance seized to butt with seal-skin ; 

 ivory grip ; head-piece and shank, walrus ivory ; tip of pole 

 served with seal sinews. Harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 6 

 inches. Port Clarence, Alaska. 43429. E. W. Nelson. Har- 

 poon and lance, or spear, combined. 



Seal-harpoon. 



Pole, wood; lance, walrus ivory, seized to butt with seal-thongs; 

 Grip, ivory ; carved in imitation of head of seal ; tip of pole 

 served with alternate layers of black and transparent strips of 

 baleen ; head-piece ivory recessed for ivory shank, lashed to 

 pole with a seal-thong. Harx>oon wauting. Length, 11 feet. 

 Golorna Bay, Alaska. 43346. E. W. Nelson. Harpoon and 

 lance combined. 



Eskimo harpoon. 



Handle, wood, tipped with head of an animal carved in bone. 

 Bone shank inserted in recess of tip and lashed with raw-hide. 

 End of handle near tip served with strips of baleen and raw- 

 hide. Small seal-head carved in bone and seized to central 

 part of handle, used as a finger rest, and as a stop for the line. 

 Harpoon-butt and head wanting. Total length, 54 inches. 

 Sledge Island. 45415. E. W. Nelson. 



Eskimo harpoon-handle. 



Handle, wood, tipped with bone. Shank, bone, inserted in recessed 

 head of tip, and lashed to handle with hide. Pole in two sec- 

 tions to fit case. Total length, 76 inches. Cape Lisburne, 

 Alaska. 46177. W. H. Dall. 



Beluga-harpoon or whaling stick. 



A light stick half an inch in diameter, with a walrus-ivory tip, 

 carved in the shape of the head of an animal. A wooden plug 

 is inserted in the mouth and recessed for the insertion of the 

 neck or shank. Harpoon, bone tipped with slate. When the 

 beluga is struck the head becomes detached from the shaft. 

 Used in connection with the Throwing Stick. Length, 5 feet. 

 Alaska. 72391. C. L. McKay. 



