882 fisheries of the united states. [h2] 



Seal-lance. 



Pole, wood; lance-head, flint, lashed to pole and seized with seal- 

 sinew. Length, 9 feet. Cape Nome, Alaska. 45419. E. W. 



Nelson. 



Seal-lance and harpoon. 



Handle, wood; lance, walrus ivory, lashed to butt with seal-skin; 

 butt and tip of pole served with strips of wood; head-piece, 

 walrus ivory, recessed for harpoon shank, and lashed to pole 

 with a thong of seal-skin; grip, ivory; harpoon wanting. 

 Length, 12 feet. Eskimo, Cape Lisburne, Arctic Ocean. 46176. 

 W. H. Dall. Lance and barpoon combined. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood; butt-piece, ivory, wedge-shaped, seized and served with 

 seal sinew; grip, ivory, lashed to pole with seal sinew; tip of 

 pole served with seal sinew, recessed for lance; lance, bone, 22 

 inches long, lashed to pole with thongs of seal-skin. Length, 

 8 feet. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48377. E. W. Nelson. Used 

 by natives to kill both seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood ; butt-piece, ivory, served with seal sinew ; rigid ivory 

 grip ; lance, piece of walrus tusk, seized to pole with seal sinew. 

 Length, 7 feet 8 inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48378. E. 

 W. Nelson. Used by natives to kill both seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood ; butt-piece seized to pole with seal sinew ; grip, ivory ; 

 lance-blade, section of walrus tusk, 19 inches long, seized to 

 pole, and served with seal sinew. Length, 8 feet 3 inches. 

 Alaska. 48380. E. W. Nelson. Made and used by natives to 

 kill both seal and walrus. 



Walrus-lance. 



Pole, wood ; lance-head, flint, 4^ inches by 5 inches, inserted in re- 

 cessed tip, lashed and served with seal sinew ; pole in two 

 sections to fit case. Total length, 20 feet 4 inches. Point Bar- 

 row, 1882. 56765. Lieutenant P. H. Kay, U. S. A. 



Seal-lance. 



A stout wooden handle, with walrus-ivory lance, hollowed on one 

 side, and an ivory butt-piece. The lance is lashed to the han- 

 dle with a seizing of gut, and further secured by a string from 

 the inner side of tip. An ivory peg is fastened to the butt 

 of the point or blade, by means of which the operator is assisted 

 in steadying the lance when manipulating it. Length, 5 feet. 

 Alaska. 72401. C. L. McKay. 



