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Ivory of resettles. 



Teetb of alligator used for jewelry, whistles, cane-handles, buttons, 



26895. Jewelry manufactured from teeth of alligator (Alligator mississtpien- 



sis). E. F. Gilbert, Jacksonville, Fla. 



An extensive trade in alligator teeth has sprung up within the last ten 

 years. Ten establishments in Eastern Florida are engaged in their man- 

 ufacture into fancy articles. 



Ivory of fishes. 



Sharks' teeth used in arming weapons. 1 

 Teeth of sharks and other fish used as trinkets. 1 

 Jaws of the sleeper-shark (Somniosus breripinna) used for head- 

 dresses by Indians. 



- . Coronet of shark's teeth. Gulf of Saint Lawrence. G. R. Renfrew 



& Sons, Quebec. 



Bone of mammals. 



Parts of splanehno-skeleton of fera?, used as charms. 



- . Os penis of raccoon, used as charni. 



947G. "Os rnirabilis" of walrus. Alaska. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, U.S.A. 



Bones of bear and other large mammals, used by Indians for im- 



plements and as tablets for paintings. 1 

 Bones of buffalo and of the domestic rttminants, used as substitute 



for ivory in the manufacture of buttons, handles, combs, &c. 



"). Bone parasol-handle. Joseph Shardlow, Xew York. 

 24654. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



24>53. Bone parasol-handle. " 



2485*2. Bone counters. Joseph Shardlow, Xew York. 

 24851. Bone shields. " " 



24850. Bone cribbage-pins. " " 



24849. Bone dice. " " 



24 ^4^-4-5-6-7-8. Bone brush-handles. Joseph Shardlow, Xew York, 

 24i42. Bone martingale-rings. " 



24837. Bone napkin-rings. " 



24833-4-5-6. Bone parasol-handle. " " 



19513. Bow. Made of bone. Greenland Eskimos. Geo. Y. Xickerson. 

 10280. Bow. Made of bone. Eskimo. King William's Land. 

 25673. Bone marliu-spike. Made at sea by Thomas Freeman. Used fox 

 splicing trawl-lines. Sanford Freeman. Xorwich; < r:. ?Iass. 



Sperm-whale jaw-bone, used for harness-rings, martingales, &c. 



29233-4-5-6-7-8-9-40. Parasol-handles made from sperm-whale's jaw. Har- 

 vey & Ford, Philadelphia. 



Displayed in Ethnological division. 



