836 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [12] 



Fish-knife. 



Blade, roughly chipped jasper, set edgewise in wooden handle. 

 Length, 3£ inches. Hothain Inlet, Alaska, 1880. 63,765. E. 

 W". Kelson. 



Fish-knives (3). 



Thin iron blades ; two are set edgewise in ivory handles, the other 

 is turned on itself in a scroll-shaped handle. Length, 3£ to 6| 

 inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1882. 55,918. Charles L. Mc- 

 Kay. 



Fish-knife. 



Thin iron blade, set edgewise in ivory handle. Length, 3J inches. 

 St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1880. 63,277. E. W. Nelson. 



SHEATH-KNIVES. 



Daggers (4) and sheaths (3). 



Daggers consist of metal arrow-heads riveted into slots in short 

 bone heads, in the other ends of which are inserted short plain 

 wooden handles from 3£ to 7 inches long. Sheaths con- 

 sist of two pieces of cedar hollowed out and lashed together. 

 Lengths : daggers, 10 to 12 inches. 16,106, 16,107, 16,108, 16,110. 

 Lengths: sheaths, 4£ to 5 inches; breadths, 1J to 2 inches. 

 16,104, 16,106, 16,110. Magemut Eskimos, Cape Etolin, Nun- 

 ivak Island, Alaska, 1874. Collected by William H. Dall. 



Dagger. 



Metal arrow-head riveted into a slot in a short bone head, in the 

 other end of which is inserted a short, plain, wooden handle 

 three-fourths of an inch in diameter. Nunivak Indians. 

 Length, 11 inches ; handle, 7 inches. Collected by William H. 

 Dall. 



Saber. 



A common cavalry saber, obtained from a whaling- vessel. Length, 

 37 inches. New London, Conn., 1882. Gift of Lawrence & Co. 

 56,886. Used on board ship in the manufacture of boarding- 

 knives, &c. 



Sailors' sheath-knives. 



Steel blades, thick and dull, with round point. Wooden handles. 

 First and third qualities. Leather sheaths and belts. Cen- 

 tennial collection, 1876. 29,427-8. Gift of Wilcox, Crittenden 

 & Co., Middletown, Conn. This style of blade is called " law 

 abiding," and is the only style of sheath-knife allowed by law 

 to sailors or fishermen. 



