[71] FISHEKIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 895- 



Bird-spear — Continued. 



verging ivory barbs, serrated on outer edge, are lashed to shaft 

 7 inches from butt. Length, 55 J inches. Saint Michael's, Nor- 

 ton Sound, Alaska, 1878. 33,851. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



BlRD-SPEAR. 



Three long, converging, ivory barbs, serrated on inner edges, lashed 

 to end of cedar shaft by serving of twisted sinew. Length, 55 

 inches. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Nunivak Island, Alaska, 

 1880. 43,745. 



BlRD-SPEAR. 



Four long, diverging, ivory barbs, serrated on inner edges, lashed 

 to the end of long cedar shaft by serving of twisted sinew. 

 Length, 57^ inches. Nunivak Island, Alaska, 1880. 48,356. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Bird-spear. 



Pole, wood, two pieces, scarfed and served with seal sinew ; single 

 spear at tip, serrated in three places on each side, seized in 

 wedge-shaped scarf at tip with seal sinew ; three bone barbs 

 8f inches long, each with four notches, seized to pole 45 inches 

 from the tip with seal sinew. Length, 69 inches. Ooglaamie, 

 Alaska, 1882. 72,830. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Kay, U. S. A. 



Btrd-spear. 



Shaft, wood, in two sections, scarfed near tip, and served with seal 

 sinew ; butt of pole served with baleen ; two bone barbs, with 

 foui notches, each on the inside, lashed to pole, about 42 inches 

 from tip, with seal sinew. Length, 69^ inches. Ooglaamie, 

 Point Barrow, Alaska, 1882. 72,832. Collected by Lieut. P.. 

 H. Bay, U. S. A. 



Goose-spear. 



Long, round, iron tip in long cedar shaft; three diverging ivory 

 barbs, serrated on inner edge, lashed to shaft 16£ inches from 

 butt. Length, 57^ inches. Saint Michael's, Norton Sound, 

 Alaska, 1878. 33,878. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



***Missiles propelled by a spring. — (Spring consisting of bent rod.) 



12. BOWS AND ARROWS. 



BOWS AND HARPOON-ARROWS USED IN FISHING-. 

 BOW. 



Spruce (?) ; semi-oval; string, a strip of deer-skin. Length, 51 

 inches; width, If inches. Bella Bella, British Columbia, 1876. 

 20,912. Collected by James G. Swan. Accompanied by three 



