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Seal-lance and harpoon— Continued. 



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

 Length. 12 feet. Cape Lisbnrne, Arctic Ocean. 46,176. W. 

 H. Dall. Lance and harpoon combined; used by Eskimo. 



Eskimo seal-lance. 



Pole, wood; butt, ivory, with wedge-shaped scarf for lance or 

 spear ; lance lashed to butt with seal-skin thong ; finger-grip, 

 ivory ; tip of pole served with black and horn-colored baleen 

 strips ; head-piece and shank, walrus ivory ; harpoon want 

 ing. Length, 9 feet. Sledge Island. 45,416. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. Harpoon and lance or spear combined. 



Eskimo lance. 



Handle, wood, £ inches in diameter; butt-piece, ivory, wedge- 

 shaped, inserted in scarf in the butt of pole and lashed and 

 served with the sinew of the seal ; ivory peg near tip of handle 

 used as a finger-grip when manipulating the instrument ; 

 lance-blade, longitudinal section of walrus-tusk lashed to pole 

 with seal thong. Total length, 8 feet. Alaska. 36,063. Col- 

 lected by E. W. Nelson. Used by natives in the capture of 

 seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



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

 lance-blade, section of walrus tusk, 20 inches long, seized to 

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

 Alaska. 36,062. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Made and 

 used by natives to kill both seal and walrus. 



Eskimo lance. 



Pole, wood; butt-piece, ivory, wedge-shaped, inserted in scarf at 

 butt of pole and served with seal sinew; grip, ivory; lance, 

 walrus ivory, 18| inches long, lashed to pole and served with 

 seal sinew. Length, 7 feet 6 inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 

 43,379. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Used by natives to kill 

 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. 

 Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48,380. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Made and 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. 

 2444— Bull. 27 54 



