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Seal-harpoon head. 



Ivory, tipped with brass. Laniard, raw-hide, seized with seal-sinews. 

 Length of head, 3^ inches ; length of laniard, 15 inches. Es- 

 kimo, Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 46033. W. H. Dall. 



SEAL-HARPOON HEAD. 



Walrus-ivory, tipped with iron. Laniard, raw-hide. Bights seized 

 with seal- sinew. Length of head, 3 inches; length of laniard, 

 51 inches. Eskimo, Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 46035. W. H. 

 Dall. 



Seal-harpoon head. 



Walrus-ivory, with brass tip. Laniard, raw-hide. Seized with 

 sinew of seal. Lengtli of head, 3J inches ; length of laniard, 

 16f inches. Eskimo, Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 46038. W. H. 

 Dall. 



Harpoon-head. 



A detachable harpoon-head made of bone and iron. Length, 5^ 

 inches. Eskimo, Big Diomede Island. 46373. T. H. Bean. 



Harpoon-head. 



Detachable head, bone, with iron tip. Eear part of head bifur- 

 cated. Strap, raw-hide. Wooden neck or shank inserted in 

 recess of head and fastened to strap with a small raw-hide 

 becket. Length, 5^ inches. Nunivak, Alaska. 48240. E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Harpoon-head. 



Detachable head, tipped with iron. Eear end bifurcated. Eaw- 

 hide strap. Length of head, 5^ inches. Nunivak, Alaska. 

 48241. E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-harpoon head. 



Walrus-ivory, tipped with brass. Laniard, seal-hide. Length of 

 head, 3 inches ; Length of laniard, 8 feet 8 inches. Eskimo, 

 Cape Lisburne, Alaska. 49034. W. H. Dall. 



Harpoon-head. 



A detachable harpoon-head, bone, tipped with brass. Length, 9 

 inches. Ooglaamie, 1882. 56601. Lieutenant P. H. Eay, U. 



S. A. 



Harpoon-head. 



A detachable harpoon-head, bone, with brass tip. Used by natives 

 in capturing the whale. Length, lOJ inches. Ooglaamie, 1882. 

 56602. Lieutenant P. H. Eay, U. S. A. 



Harpoon-head. 



A detachable bone harpoon-head, tipped with brass ; recessed for 

 end of pole ; eye for strap. Strap, raw-hide. Length of head, 

 4f inches ; length of strap, 12 inches. Ooglaamie, 1882. 56623. 

 Lieutenant P. H. Eay, U. S. A. 



