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Bark — Continued. 



with one buoy attached has been darted into a whale, another 

 buoy is immediately attached to the laniard of the first, tbe 

 operation being repeated until a sufficient number of floats 

 have been bent on. It is also often necessary to detach some 

 of the buoys to make them fast to other harpoons and buoys. 

 The twine made from cypress bark is especially well adapted 

 for this purpose, as it breaks easily when wet, and quickly re- 

 leases the buoys, which would not be the case with other kinds 

 of twine. 



IMPLEMENTS USED BY ESKIMO TRIBES IN THE CAPTURE OF THE 

 SEAL, WALRUS, AND WHALE. 



Eskimo Harpoons. 



Eskimo whaling-harpoon. 



Pole, wood; ivory tip recessed for walrus ivory spear or shank, 

 which is lashed to the pole with thongs of raw hide. Length, 

 8 feet 3 inches. Northeast coast. 10265. Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



Seal-harpoon. 



Eskimos. Igloolik. 10400. Captain C. F. Hall. 



Eskimo harpoon. 



Pole, wood; iron spur and ferule at butt; shank, iron; harpoon, 

 ivory (lily iron); point tipped with iron; recessed for end of 

 shank; rigid eye for line; line, seal-skin; sheath, wood. Length, 

 8 feet 5 £ inches. Eskimos, Greenland. 19518. George Y. Mck- 

 erson. An improved whaling-harpoon made by natives, evi- 

 dently, in part, from material obtained from a whaling- vessel. 



Whaling-harpoon. 



Pole, wood ; tipped with ivory. Ivory point fitting in recessed tip 

 of pole, and seized to the handle with thongs of walrus-hide. 

 Length, 8 feet. Eskimos, Greenland. 19519. George Y. Mck- 

 erson. 



ESKIMO WHALING-HARPOON. 



Pole, wood; butt-piece, ivory ; inserted in a recess in the butt, and 

 riveted with native copper. Grip, ivory; pole tipped with 

 ivory, recessed for a spear or shank, 18£ inches long, made of 

 walrus ivory, and lashed to pole with raw hide. Length, 8 feet 

 7 inches. Cumberland Gulf. 30008. W. A. Mintzer, U. S. N. 

 May be used in the capture of whale or walrus. 



