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Seal harpoon-head — Continued. 



Length of head, 3 inches ; of lanyard, 40 inches. Cape Lis- 

 burne, Arctic Ocean. 3,627. Collected by W. H. Dall. Old; 

 has been used. 



Spear-heads (3). 



Bone, ivory, and wooden shafts, 6 to 13 inches long and \ inch in 

 diameter, pointed at one end for inserting in shaft of spear, 

 and having lashed in slot in other end metal-barbed arrow- 

 heads. N. W. Coast of America, 1841. 2,627, 2,693. U. S. 

 Exploring Expedition, Capt. Charles Wilkes, TJ. S. N., com- 

 manding. 



Spear-head. 



Bone head, in one end of which is riveted a barbed metal head 3 

 inches long, and in the other a slot 2\ inches long is cut for se- 

 curing head to wooden staff. From Fort Anderson. Length, 7 

 inches; bone head, 4 inches. British America, 1867. 5,818. 

 Collected by Eobert Macfarlane. 



Harpoon-shaft. 



Head made of walrus ivory, carved to represent an animal's head, 

 and ornamented with incised circles and lines ; wooden socket 

 in animal's mouth to receive shank ; head driven into white 

 cedar shaft and secured by serving of stout twisted sinew* 

 Length : staff, 48 inches ; head, 9 inches. Nunivak Island, 

 Alaska, 1880. 43,750. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Used in 

 beluga, walrus, and seal hunting. 



Eskimo harpoon-handle. 



Handle, wood, tipped with bone ; shank, bone, inserted in recessed 

 head of tip and lashed to handle with hide ; pole in two sec- 

 tions to fit case. Total length, 76 inches. Cape Lisburne, 

 Alaska. 46,177. Collected by Wm. H. Dall. 



Harpoon-shaft, with throwing-stick attached. 



Head made of ivory or bone, rudely carved ; wooden socket in the 

 end receives shank ; head is driven into white cedar staff and 

 secured by a serving of fine twisted sinew. Used in beluga, 

 walrus, and seal hunting. Length of staff, 48£ inches ; head,. 

 5£ inches. Norton Sound, Alaska, 1874. 33,898. Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. 



Harpoon-shaft. 



Head made of walrus ivory, carved to represent an animal's head; 

 wooden socket in its mouth to receive shank ; head is bifurca- 

 ted to receive white cedar shaft and secured by a serving of 



