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Seal-lance. 



Pole, wood ; lance-head, flint, lashed to pole and seized with seal- 

 sinew. Length, 9 feet. Cape Nome, Alaska. 45419. E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Seal-lance and harpoon. 



Handle, wood ; lance, walrus ivory, lashed to butt with seal-skin ; 

 butt and tip of pole served with strij^s of wood; head-piece, 

 walrus ivory, recessed for harpoon shank, and lashed to pole 

 with a thong of seal-skin; grip, ivory; harpoon wanting. 

 Length, 12 feet. Eskimo, Cape Lisburne, Arctic Ocean. 46176. 

 W. H. Dall. Lance and harpoon combined. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood; butt-piece, ivory, wedge-shaped, seized and served with 

 seal sinew ; grip, ivory, lashed to pole with seal sinew ; tip of 

 pole served with seal sinew, recessed for lance; lance, bone, 22 

 inches long, lashed to pole with thongs of seal-skin. Length, 

 8 feet. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48377. E.W.Nelson. Used 

 by natives to kill both seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood ; butt-piece, ivory, served with seal sinew ; rigid ivory 

 grip ; lance, piece of walrus tusk, seized to pole with seal sinew. 

 Length, 7 feet 8 inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48378. E. 

 W. Nelson. Used by natives to kill both seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood ; butt-piece seized to pole with seal sinew ; grip, ivory ; 

 lance-blade, section of walrus tusk, 19 inches long, seized to 

 pole, and served with seal sinew. Length, 8 feet 3 inches. 

 Alaska. 48380. E. W. Nelson. Made and used by natives to 

 kill both seal and walrus. 



Walrus-lance. 



Pole, wood ; lance-head, flint, 4^ inches by 5 inches, inserted in re- 

 cessed tip, lashed and served with seal sinew ; pole in two 

 sections to fit case. Total length, 20 feet 4 inches. Point Bar- 

 row, 1882. 5G765. Lieutenant P. H. Bay, U. S. A. 



Seal-lance. 



A stout wooden handle, with walrus-ivory lance, hollowed on one 

 side, and an ivory butt-piece. The lance is lashed to the han- 

 dle with a seizing of gut, and further secured by a string from 

 the inner side of tip. An ivory i>eg is fastened to the butt 

 of the point or blade, by means of which the operator is assisted 

 in steadying the lance when manipulating it. Length, 5 feet. 

 Alaska.' 72401. C. L. McKay. 



