[47] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 871 



FlSH-SPEAR. 



Pine pole; two projecting prongs, with single rigid barbs and one 

 central barbless spear lashed to the tip of pole with seal sinew. 

 Length, 34 inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska. 55,922. Collected 

 by 0. L. McKay. Used for the capture of salmon and white- 

 fish. 



Fish and bird spear. 



Slender pole with finger-rest, with five spear-heads with two barbs 

 each on one side, for killing fish and ducks, principally the 

 latter. Length, 10 feet 6 inches. Makah Indians, JSTeah Bay, 

 Washington Territory. 72,672. 'At certain times, during 

 stormy weather, the wild fowl congregate in vast numbers in 

 Neah Bay. The Indians go out in their canoes with a bright 

 light from torches of pitchwood placed in the stern. The 

 canoe is paddled stern first among the flocks of wild fowl. 

 The birds, bewildered by the light, are killed in great num- 

 bers. The prongs of the spear get entangled among the 

 feathers and hold fast. A bird is hauled in the canoe, its 

 neck wrung, and others in succession quickly speared. Some- 

 times as many as one hundred canoes will be out at the same 

 time, and the light from their torches moving about on the 

 water on a dark night is a very interesting sight." — (J. G. iSwan.) 



Bird and fish spear. 



Three long diverging barbs, serrated on inner edges, lashed to the 

 end of a cedar shaft. Length, 54 inches. Ooglaamie, Point 

 Barrow, Alaska, 1882. 72,794. Lieut. P. H. Bay, IT. S. A. 



SPEARS WITH DETACHABLE HEADS. 

 LILY-IRONS. 



Sword-fish dart-heads. 



Four varieties of Cape Cod patterns, made of galvanized iron and 

 composition. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 29,458. 



Sword-fish darts. 



Four varieties, made of composition ; used by fishermen of Maine. 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 29,422. 



Sword-fish darts. 



Gloucester patterns ; series of four sizes and styles, made of gal- 

 vanized iron and composition. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 

 29,421. 



Sword-fish darts. 



Provincetown patterns. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 29,386. 



