870 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [46] 



Spear — Continued. 



barbed piece of bone 1 foot and 1 inch in length and 1^ inches 

 in width. Used in fishing by Indians of Lower Yukon River. 

 Length, 4 feet. Alaska, 1879. 36,070. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fish spear or oig. 



Eough tip, made of two pieces of bone, fastened together by sinew 

 and pitch, fitted over the ends of rough wooden shanks of un- 

 equal length, which are secured to a stout staff by a serv- 

 ing made of cedar roots. The line, fastened to the tips, is of 

 twisted rawhide or sinew. Made by Clallam Indians. Lengtli, 

 53 inches. Washington Territory, 1876. 23,522. James G-. 

 Swan. 



Fish-spear. 



Model of the kind of salmon-spear used by the Eskimo of Hudson 

 Bay. Wooden handle, with central barbless spear, brass, and 

 two projecting prongs, wood, armed each with a bent tack. 

 Length, 13| inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. This model was made by a native at the request 

 of a whaleman. It is said to be a correct representation of the 

 large size employed by the Eskimo, with the exception of the 

 tacks, intended as barbs, as well as the spear, which are made 

 of bone. Obtained from the crew of the whaling brig George 

 and Mary. 



Fish-spear. 



Pole, wood 5 prongs, walrus ivory, with triangular barbs fastened 

 with pegs and lashed with sealskin ; central spear, barbless. 

 Length, 70£ inches. Norton Sound, Alaska. Collected by E. 

 W. Nelson. 



Spear for whitefish. 



Three short, slightly converging ivory barbs, serrated on inner 

 edges, surrounding a shorter, straight point, secured to end of 

 long, light cedar staff by an ivory collar and serving of twisted 

 sinew. Length, 49 inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska, 1880. 

 48,343. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fish- spear. 



Pole, wood; two bone spears, with two notches each, lashed to pole 

 with seal-thong. Length, 58 £ inches. Easboinsky, Alaska. 

 49,049. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Fish -spear. 



Pole, spruce ; two bone prongs recurved, with bone barbs lashed 

 with seal-skin ; central spear, bone, with two notches ; pole 

 partly painted brick-dust red. Length, 71 inches. Easboinsky, 

 Alaska. 49,051. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



