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III. MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MAN- 

 UFACTURES. 



Hard materials. 

 9. IVORY AND BONE. 

 Ivory or in a an tit a!*. 



Tusks of walrus used for trinkets, handles, jewelry, buttons, paper- 

 knives, counters, &c. 



25656. Tusks of walrus (Rosmarus obcsus). Alaska. C. H. Crandall. 

 15592. Commercial walrus ivory. Poonook, Alaska. H. \V. Elliott. 

 16174. Teeth of young walrus (Rotsmarus obesus). Used in making powder 



chargers. Xunivak Island, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 

 24819. Ivory of walrus in rough state. Joseph Shardlow, Xew York. 

 24887. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (Eosmarus). (Figure of lady.) Geo. 



Y. Xickerson, Xew Bedford, Mass. 

 24886. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (Rosmarua). (Figure of lady aiid horse. > 



Geo. Y. Nickerson, Xew Bedford, Mass. 

 26896. Scrimshawed tooth of walrus (Eosmarus Cookii). Repulse Bay. Capt. 



H. C. Chester, Xoank, Conn. 

 25654. Harpoon head made at sea from walrus tusk. J. H Bartlett & Sons, 



Xew Bedford, Mass. 

 2631. Handle of walrus ivory. Northwest coast, America. United States 



Exploring Expedition. Capt. Chas. Wilkes, U. S. N. 

 24815-6. Cane handles of walrus ivory. Joseph Shardlow, New York. 



24812. Chain and cross of walrus ivory. " " 

 24814. Knobs of walrus Ivory. " " 



24813. Scarf-slide of walrus ivory. " " 

 24817-18. Sword handles of walrus ivory. " " 

 24820-21-22. Knife handles of walrus ivory. " " 



24823. Crochet-needles of walrus ivory. " " 



24824. Pool-balls of walrus ivory. " " 

 24825-6-7-8-9-30-31-32. Buttons and studs of walrus ivory. Joseph Shard- 

 low, Xew York. 



Teeth of bears, dogs, wolves, foxes, peccaries, and other large mam- 

 mals, used as implements, arrow- tips, and ornaments, by Indians. 



6226. Bear teeth (used as ornaments). Bloomtield, N. Y. Col. E. Jewett. 



Elk ivory (used by Indians for ornamentation). 



1874. Ivory of elk (Cerrtis canadensis). Yamp Utah Indians, Utah. Captain 

 Gumiison, U. S. A. 



Tusks of mammoth elephant (Eleplias primigenius) from Northern 

 America and Asia, with Eskimo carvings. 1 



15385. Tusk of mammoth. Alaska. J. G. Swan. 



11041. Comb. Made from the ivory of fossil elephant. Saint Michael's, 

 Alaska, W. H. Dall. 



l An interesting series of aboriginal carvings from mammoth ivory is displayed in, 

 the Ethnological division. 



