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Beluga-lance butts. 



Two butts made of Avalrus ivory, wedge-shaped, so as to be con- 

 veniently driven into the end of the lance, and provided with 

 shoulders, by means of which they are seized and lashed. 

 Length, 3% inches. 72403. Length, 4 inches. 72402. Alaska. 

 0. L. McKay. 



Eskimo Spears. 

 Seal spear. 



Frobisher Bay. 10264. Captain C. F. Hall. 



Seal-spear. 



Four conjoined pieces; lance-point, bone, rigidly fastened into the 

 recessed bulb-shaped end of shank; shank, walrus bone, cham- 

 fered at rear extremity and lashed to the handle with seal 

 sinew; handle, wood; butt, recessed; small bone butt-piece 

 inserted in recess and lashed with seal-skin; lance-strap, seal- 

 skin. Length, 65 inches. King William Island. 10272. Cap- 

 tain C. F. Hall. 



Seal-spear. 



Pole, wood ; bone spear or lance lashed to butt with a seal thong; 

 ivory grip, carved in imitation of head of seal, lashed to cen- 

 tral part of pole; tip of pole served with strips of baleen ; head- 

 piece, ivory, recessed for ivory shank, lashed to a pole with a 

 seal thong; harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 5 inches. 

 Sledge Island, Alaska. 45418. E. W. Nelson. Harpoon and 

 lance or spear combined. 



Walrus-spear. 



Detachable head, bone, tipped with slate, lashed with rawhide 

 to a light wooden handle. Total length, 24^ inches, Alaska. 

 72481. C. L. McKay. 



Harpoons and Float-Lines. 

 Harpoon-head. 



Bone, with walrus-hide float-line. Eskimos, Port Foulke, Green- 

 land. 565. Dr. I. I. Hayes. 



Harpoon and line. 



Iron harpoon-head, with float-line made from walrus skin. Eskimos, 

 Smith Sound. 14255. Captain C. F. Hall. 



Harpoon and float-line. 



Line, walrus hide; head, bone, tipped with brass, fastened to line 

 by means of a small laniard and an ivory toggle. Used by 

 natives in capturing the beluga. Length of line, 68 feet. 

 Alaska. 72397, C. L. McKay. 



