[51] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 875 



Fish spear ok gig — Continued. 



is struck. Made by Pal TJte Indians. Length : staff, 24 inches; 

 points, 2£ inches. Pyramid Lake, Nevada, 1875. 19,046. Ste- 

 phen Powers. 



Salmon-spear. 



Two prongs, £ inch in diameter, seized to slender pole 1 inch in di- 

 ameter. Used with detachable heads, made from the splint 

 bones of deer (heads wanting), in the capture of salmon. Length, 

 23£ feet. McCloud Eiver Indians, Shasta County, California. 

 21,413. Livingston Stone. 



Fish spear or gig (Korontoomul). 



Detachable tips, made of short iron points and wooden barbs lashed 

 by a seizing of twine and pitch, fit over the end of rough wooden 

 staff — staff has been broken. The line attached to these tips is 

 of modern manufacture. MadebyHoockno we Indians. Length: 

 staff, 34| inches ; tips, 3 inches. South Eel Eiver, California, 

 1876. 21,413 (a). Stephen Powers. 



Fish-spear heads (2), (Milkayt). 



Large, flat, elk-horn points and double barbs, fastened together with 

 serving of vegetable fiber and pitch, form a socket for the in- 

 sertion of the shaft of the spear, to which the detachable points 

 are fastened by a leather lanyard. Made by Hoopa Indians. 

 Length, 4f and 6 inches. Hoopa Valley, California, 1876. 

 21,308. Stephen Powers. 



Head of fish-dart. 



Made of native copper ; five barbs on each side; through the shank 

 is rove a strap made of braided sinew. Length, 7 inches. Fort 

 Simpson, British Columbia, 1876. 20,653. Collected by James 

 G. Swan. 



Head of fish-dart. 



Made of native copper; five long barbs on one side. Length, 8 

 inches. Alaska, 1869. 9,083. Lieut. F. W. Eing, U. S. Army. 



Head of fish-dart. 



Made of native copper, by Eskimo; six barbs on one side. Length, 

 6 inches. Sitka, Alaska, 1868. 6,564 (a). Dr. T. T. Minor. 



Head of fish-dart. 



Made of native copper, by Eskimo; five barbs on one side. 

 Length, 5£ inches. Sitka, Alaska, 1868. 6,564. Dr. T. T. 

 Minor. 



