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Eskimo lance — Continued. 



Length, 7 feet 8 inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska. 48,378. 

 Collected by E. W. Kelson. Manufactured and used by na- 

 tives to kill both seal and walrus. 



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. 48,377. Collected by E. W. 

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



WALRUS AND SEA-ELEPHANT LANCES. 



Walrus-lance. 



Pole, wood ; lance-head, flint, 4£ by 5 inches, inserted in recessed tip, 

 lashed and served with seal-sinew ; pole in two sections, to fit 

 case. Total length, 20 feet 4 inches. Ooglaamie, Point Bar 

 row, Alaska, 1882. 56,765. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Eay, U. 

 S. A. 



Sea-elephant lance. 



Iron lance, 35 inches long, fitted to pole 6 feet long. New London, 

 Conn., 1882. 57,077. Captain H. C. Chester. Used by Ant- 

 arctic sea- elephant hunters. 



PRODDING INSTRUMENTS. 



SNOW-PROBES. 



Snow-probe. 



A slender rod of bone, with a large knob and a small ferrule, ap- 

 parently made of moose-horn ; ferrule fastened with a small 

 ivory peg. Length, 33 inches. Northeast coast of America. 

 10,274. Collected by Capt. C. F. Rail. Used by Eskimo in 

 probing the air-holes in ice and under the snow to detect the 

 presence of seals. 



EISH-PRICKERS. 



(Used for releasing the air from the bladders of fish before putting them 



in the vessel's well.) 

 Fish-prickers. 



Brass tubes set in wooden handles. Pensacola, Fla., 1881. 54,549 

 and 54,550. Collected by Silas Stearns. Used by fishermen of 

 Gulf of Mexico to release wind from "poke-blown" red-snappers. 



Fish-pricker. 



A common awl, used by New York market-men to release the wind 

 from the bladders of fish bloated after being caught at consid- 

 erable depths. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,050. 



