[89] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1119 



Fisher or Pekan (Mustela Pennavti). 



Used for linings. Dressed skin. Fort Steilacoom, Washington Ter- 

 ritory. 2,000. Collected by Dr. George Suckley. 



Mink (Putorius vison). 



Used for cloaks and muffs. Dressed skin. Cape Flattery, Wash- 

 ington Territory. 2,387. Collected by Dr. George Suckley. 



Mink (Putorius vison). 



Used for cloaks and muffs. 



Dressed skin, unplucked. Eastern States. Yalue, $1.25. 

 Dressed skin, unplucked. Western States. Value, 65 cents. 

 Dressed skin, unplucked. Middle States. Value, 75 cents. 

 B. H. Stinemetz & Son. Washington, District of Columbia. 



bird furs. 

 Cape or robe. 



Made from down of the loon ( Colymbus torquatus). Made by Makah 

 Indians. Neah Bay, Washington Territory. 1,296. Collected 

 by J. G. Swan. 



Eobe. 



Made from skins of the brown pelican (Pelecanus Juscus). Worn 

 by females. Tiburon Islands, Sonora. 9,559. Collected by 

 Dr. E. Palmer. 



18. Leathers. 



(Embracing the hides in a rough state, in the various stages of dressing,, 

 and manufactured into shoe-leather, satchels, shoes, &c.) 



prepared from mammal- skins. 

 Leather. 



Made from skin of sea-lion (Eumetopias Stelleri), and used by Aleutian 

 Islanders for covering canoes. Alaska. 11,371. Collected 

 by Vincent Colyer. 



Bag. 



Made from skin of banded seal (Histriophoca fasciata). Cape Ro- 

 manzoff, Alaska. 7,580. Collected by W. H. Dall. 



Packing bag. 



Made of entire skin of saddle-back seal. Alaska. 38,876. Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. 



Seal-skin bag. 



Made of whole seal-skin, with lacings of raw hide. Anvik, Alaska. 

 38,796. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



