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Beluga-harpoon shaft. 



Light wooden stick one- half inch in diameter, tipped with walrus- 

 ivory, carved in shape of a head of an animal. Harpoon 

 wanting. Length, 4 feet 5£ inches. Alaska. 72392. C. L. 

 McKay. Used by natives in connection with the accompany- 

 ing Throwing Stick (72398) for the capture of the beluga. 



Beltjga-harpoon shaft. 



Wood, one half inch in diameter, with ornamental head carved in 

 walrus-ivory. Harpoon wanting. Length, 4 feet 4 inches. 

 Alaska. 72393. C. L. McKay. Used by natives in connec- 

 tion with the accompanying Throwing Stick (72398) in the cap- 

 ture of the beluga. 



Eskimo Harpoon-Heads. 



lilt-irons. 

 Seal-harpoon head. 



Walrus-ivory, with brass tip riveted with native copper. Laniard, 

 raw-hide. Bights in the ends of laniard seized with seal 

 sinew. Length of head, 3 inches. Length of laniard, 40 

 inches. Cape Lisburne, Arctic Ocean. (3627.) W. H. Hall. 

 Old. Has been used. 

 Harpoon-head. 



Detachable harpoon-head, bone, with iron tip. Length, 6 inches. 

 Eskimo, Cape Espenberg, Kotzebue Sound. (3700.) T. H. Bean. 

 Three harpoon-heads of bone and iron. 



Recessed in rear end for poles. Rigid eyes for laniards. Length, 

 4|, 5|, 5| inches. Eskimos, Northeast coast. 9838. S. F. 

 Baird. 

 Walrus-harpoon head. 



End recessed for pole. Rigid eye for laniard. Length, 5 inches. 

 Eskimos, Igloolik. 10136. Captain C. E. Hall. 

 Part of ancient Innuit harpoon-head. 



Bone. Length, 3f inches. Repulse Bay. 10404. Captain C. F. 

 Hall. 

 Three harpoon-heads. 



Ivory, tipped with iron. Recessed for poles and eyes for laniards. 

 Tip of one broken. Length, 4£, 4f , 5^ inches. Eskimos, Cum- 

 berland Gulf. 29974. W. A. Mintzer, U. S. 1ST. 

 Harpoon-head of bone and iron. 



Recessed for pole, rigid eye for laniard. Length, 5J inches. Eski- 

 mos, Cumberland Gulf. 29975. W. A. Mintzer, U. S. N. 

 Seal-harpoon dead. 



Walrus-ivory, tipped with brass. New. Laniard, raw-hide. Bight 

 seized with seal-sinew. Length of head, 3 inches; length of 

 laniard, 59 inches. Eskimo, Cape Lisburne, Arctic Ocean. 

 46032. W. H. Dall. 



