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Harpoon- shaft. 



Head made of walrus ivory, carved to represent an animal ; wooden 

 socket in its mouth to receive shank; head is bifurcated to re- 

 ceive white cedar shaft, and secured by a seizing of stout 

 twisted sinew. Length: staff, 43f inches; head, 8 inches. Nu- 

 nivak Island, Alaska, 1880. 43,751. Collected by E. W. Nel- 

 son. Used in beluga, walrus, and seal hunting. 



Harpoon-shaft. 



Head made of walrus ivory, ornamented with incised lines; wooden 

 socket in the end receives shank ; head is bifurcated to receive 

 white cedar staff, and secured by a serving of sinew and cari- 

 bou hair. Length : staff, 44£ inches ; head, 10£ inches. Nuni- 

 vak Island, Alaska, 1880. 48,367. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Used in beluga, walrus, and seal hunting. 



Staff for seal spear. 



Slender pole, with two prongs on the forward end and a finger-rest 

 at the butt; spears wanting. Used to kill seal. Length, 15 

 feet. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, 

 1883. 72,670. JamesG. Swan. 



photographs and drawings illustrative of the use of spears 



and harpoons. 



Porpoise fishing. 



Photographs of Passamaquoddy Indians in birch-bark canoe in the 

 act of spearing a porpoise after it has been shot with buck- 

 shot fired from a common muzzle-loading shot-gun. Porpoises 

 sink very soon after being shot, and the Indians must be quick 

 in their movements to secure them with the spear. Size, 8 by 

 10 inches. Pleasant Point, near Eastport, Me., 1882. (206) 

 1,904. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Porpoise fishing. 



An enlarged photograph of Passamaquoddy Indians in birch-bark 

 canoe in the act of spearing a porpoise after it has been shot 

 with buck-shot fired from a common muzzle loading shot-gun. 

 Porpoises sink very soon after being shot, and the Indians must 

 be very quick in their movements to secure them with the spear. 

 Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 

 10 negative. (206) 1,904. Pleasant Point, near Eastport, Me., 

 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Terrapin spearing. 



An India-ink drawing, showing North Carolina negroes wading 

 about in shoal water in search of terrapin, which they secure by 



