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Straight kcaivcs. 



Stone and bone knives listed by Indians and Eskimos. 



1G115. Bono knife. Magemut Eskimos, Nunivak Islands, Alaska. W. H. 



DaU. 



2178. Bone knife. Eskimos. 



1328. Bone knife. Eskimos. 



Harpoon-knives. 



16348. Harpoon-knife, with sheath. Magemut Eskimos, Nunivak Islands, 



[Alaska. W. II. Dall. 



1G110. Harpoon-knife, with sheath. " 



16105. Harpoon-knife, with sheath. " " 



16103. Harpoon-knife, with sheath. " 



19382. Harpoon-knife, with slate blade. " " 



Honey-knives. 



The thin blade bent at an angle to the handle. 

 26145. Honey-knife. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's Falls, Mass. 



Skin scrapers and parers, used in preparing leather. 



26144. Tanner's knife. 12-inch blade. John Russell Cutlery Co., Turner's 



[Falls, Mass. 

 26195. Tanner's knife. 14-inch blade. " 



4. AXES. 

 Axes, proper. 



Head-axes for whalemen. 



Used in cutting off head of whale. . 



25913. Head-axe. E. B. & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 



Whalemen's boat-hatchets. 



Used for cutting harpoon-line at the bow, when it becomes tangled in " pay- 

 ing out." 



24880. Boat-hatchet. (Model.) Capt. L. Howland, New Bedford, Mass. 

 This implement in its place in the boat is shown in model of 

 whale-boat. 



20839. A boat-hatchet may be seen in its proper place in the bow of the 

 large whale-boat. 



fitting-spades. 



Whale-spades. 

 Cutting-spades. 



Used in peeling the blubber from the carcass of the dead whale j for illustra- 

 tion, see model of " whale-ship cutting in the blubber." 



25679. Cutting-spade. E. B. & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 

 25008. Cutting-spade. J. H. Thomson, New Bedford, Mass. 



