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Seal-lance — Continued. 



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

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

 Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1882. 72,401. Collected by Charles 

 L. McKay. 



Seal-lance. 



A kind of lance which may be used for killing seal, sea-elephant, 

 or walrus. Socket with extended sleeve. Section of pole at- 

 tached. Length, 24 inches. New London, Conn., 1882. 56,369. 

 Gift of Lawrence & Co. Old ; has been used. Obtained from 

 a New London sealer. 



Seal-lance. 



A kind of lance which may be used for killing seal, sea-elephant, 

 or walrus. Spoon-shaped head and extended sleeve or socket. 

 Used by New Bedford sealers. Length, 24 inches. New Bed- 

 ford, Mass., 1883. 56,368. Gift of Luom Snow & Son. Old. 

 Obtained from a New Bedford sealing vessel. 



Seal-lance. 



A kind of lance with a short shank, which may be used in killing 

 seal, sea-elephant, or walrus. Socket with an extended sleeve. 

 Length, 28£ inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1883. 56,367. Gift 

 of Luom Snow & Son. Old ; has been used. 



Seal-lance. 



Long head; diamond point; common shank and socket. Manu- 

 factured by James Barton for the New London sealers. New. 

 Length, 32£ inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. 56,366. U.S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Seal- lance. 



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

 sinew. Length, 9 feet. Cape Nome, Alaska. 45,419. Col- 

 lected by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-lance. 



Pole, wood, served at tip with strips of baleen; shank, ivory, 

 seized with thong of seal-skin ; lance-head, iron, riveted to 

 shank. Length, 12 feet 2 inches. Poonook, Alaska. 15,954. 

 Collected by H. W. Elliott. Used by natives for the capture 

 of seal or walrus. 



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 



