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Prepared from intestines of mammals. 



Leather from pharynx of seal and walrus, used by Eskimo for boot- 

 soles. 



Parchment from viscera of bears, used in Kamtchatka for masks 

 and window-panes. 



Viscera of ox, used in manufacture of gold-beaters' skin. 



Bladders of animals, used for pouches, parchment, bottle and jar 

 covers, and by Eskimo for oil-bottles. 



Viscera of sheep, used in manufacture of "cat-gut," with specimens 

 of whip-cord, hatters 7 cord, for bowstrings, clockmakers' cord, 

 filandre, guitar, violin, and harp strings, angling-lines, &c. 



Viscera of hog, used as envelopes for minced meat, sausages, &c. 



Throat of sea-lion (Eumetopias Stelleri)) dressed as parchment en- 

 velopes to preserve valuable papers. 



20803. Sitka Indians, Alaska. J. G. Swan. 



Sinews of sheep, deer, goat, buffalo, seal, walrus, and other animals, 

 used in manufacture of threads, lines, nets, and snow-shoes, in 

 strengthening bows, &c.$ the babiche of the Eskimos of the 

 Northwest coast. 



5185. Babiche. Siccanee Indians. British Columbia. J. T. Rothrock. 

 2034. Mackenzie's River. R. Kennicott. 

 849. Mackenzie's River. " 



842. Moose sinew. Fort Good Hope. Mackenzie's River. R. Kennicott. 

 2036. Sinews of moose and caribou. Fort Liard Indians. " 

 5546. Deer sinew. Apache Indians. Dr. E. Palmer. 



2200. Babiche. Undressed skin of mountain sheep. 



843. Babiche from mountain sheep. Mackenzie's River. R. Kennicott. 

 1882. Bow covered with sinew of mountain sheep (Ovis montana). Digger 



Indians. California. Captain Gunnison, U. S. A. 



24788. Snow-shoes made from sinew of caribou (man's size). G. R. Ren- 



frew & Co., Quebec. 



24789. Snow-shoes made from sinew of caribou (woman's size). G. R. Ren- 



frew & Co., Quebec. 



Prepared from bird-skins (Eskimos). 



Eider leather. 1 

 Auk leather. 1 



7453. Oil-bag. Made from skin of loon's foot. Fort Anderson. R. Mac- 

 Farlane. 



Prepared from reptile skins. 



Alligator leather. 



16810. Salted skin of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Upper Saint John's 



River, Florida. G. Brown Goode. 

 16810. Tanned skin of alligator. Upper Saint John's River, Florida. G. 



Brown Goode. 



1 See garments in Ethnological series. 



