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Seal-spear — Continued. 



tral part of pole ; tip of pole served with strips of baleen; head- 

 piece, ivory, recessed for ivory shank, lashed to pole with a 

 seal thong. Harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 5 inches. 

 Sledge Island, Alaska. 45,418. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Harpoon and lance or spear combined. 



Seal-spear. 



Heavy, bone head, driven into light cedar staff and secured by seiz- 

 ing of fine sinew ; wooden socket in end receives detachable 

 barbed ivory tip, through which the line is rove. Length : 

 staff, 46£ inches ; head and tip, 5J inches. Cape Darby, 

 Alaska, 1880. 45,428. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-spear. 



Heavy, bone head, driven into light cedar staff and secured by seiz- 

 ing of fine sinew ; wooden socket in end receives detachable 

 barbed ivory tip, through which the line is rove. Length : staff, 

 45 inches ; head and tip, 7 inches. Cape Nome, Alaska, 1880. 

 45,429. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-spear. 



Heavy, bone head, driven into light cedar staff and secured by seiz- 

 ing of fine sinew ; wooden socket in end receives detachable 

 ivory tip, through which the line is rove. Length : staff, 45£ 

 inches ; head, 4 inches ; tip, 2£ inches. Cape Nome, Alaska, 

 1880. 45,430. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-spear. 



Heavy, bone head, driven into light cedar staff and secured by seizing 

 of fine sinew ; wooden socket in end receives detachable barbed 

 ivory tip, through which the line is rove. Length : staff 46£ 

 inches ; head and tip, 7 inches. Sledge Island, Alaska, 1880. 

 48,156. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-harpoon. 



Pole, wood ; spear or lance, ivory, seized to butt with seal-skin ; 

 grip, ivory ; head-piece and shank, walrus ivory ; tip of pole 

 served with seal sinews. Harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 6 

 inches. Port Clarence, Alaska. 48,429. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. Harpoon and lance or spear combined. 



Seal-spear heads and lanyards. 



A slender staff or pole, with two prongs of unequal lengths, upon 



which are placed respectively two metal heads with one barb 



each. The spear heads are held in place by lanyards, which 



are hauled taut and firmly grasped with the pole in the left 



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