ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 20& 



Claws. 



Claws of bear, puma, wolf, &c., used by Indians in ornamentation^ 



(See Ethnological series.) 

 Human nails, used by Indians for ornamental trimming. 



Chemical application of hoofs and claws. 



Use in manufacture of prussiate of potash (see under 30). 

 Use in manufacture of glue (see under 24). 



12. BALEEN. 

 Whalebone in an unmanufactured state. 



14042. Baleen of humpback whale (Megaptera versalilis). Coast of Califor- 

 nia, 1873. C. M. Scammon. 



12311. Bone of humpback whale (Megaptera versalilis). Coast of California^ 

 C. M. Scammon. 



13893. Baleen of humpback whale (Megaptera versalilis). Monterey, Cal. 

 1873. C. M. Scammon. 



13019. Baleen of humpback whale (Megaptcra versabilis). Monterey, Cal. 



1872. C. M. Scammon. 



12263. Baleen of humpback whale (Megaptera versdbilis). San Luis, Cal. 

 C. M. Scammon. 



13020. Baleen of humpback whale (Megaptera vcrsabilis). San Luis, Cal. 



C. M. Scammon. 

 13985. Baleen of sulphur-bottom whale (Sibbaldius sulfureus). Monterey,. 



Cal. C. M. Scammon. 

 13984. Baleen of sulphur-bottom whale (Sibbaldim 8ulfurcv.s). Monterey, 



Cal. C. M. Scammon. 

 12052. Bone of the California gray whale (Rhachianectcs glaucus}. Monterey, 



Cal. 1873. C. M. Scammon. 



15402. Baleen. North Pacific. Capt. Henderson. 

 7494. Whalebone. Anderson River Eskimos. Mackenzie's River district. 



R. MacFaiiane. 

 1108. Whalebone. Prepared by Anderson River Eskimos. Mackenzie's- 



River district. R. MacFarlane. 

 1116. Whalebone. Anderson River Eskimos. Mackenzie's River district. 



R. MacFarlane. 



2079. Whalebone. Arctic coast. R. MacFarlane. 

 24976. Whalebone fiber. Curled for bed-stuffing. J. A. Sevey, Boston, 



Mass. 

 24930. Whalebone. Prepared for whip-makers' use. J. A. Sevey, Boston,. 



Mass. 

 24862. Whip with whalebone stock, knotted, inlaid with whale-tooth's 



ivory, handle wound with thin whalebone. American Whip Co., 



Westfield, Mass. 

 24950. Dress-bone. Whalebone prepared for dress-makers' nse. J. A. 



Sevey, Boston, Mass. 

 24946. Whalebone. Prepared for suspender-makers' nse. J. A, Sevey,- 



Boston, Mass. 

 24945. Whalebone. Prepared for bonnet-makers' use. J. A. Sevey, Bos* 



ton, Mass. 



24941. Whalebone. Prepared for umbrella-makers' use. J. A. Sevey, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



