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Tooth of sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 



Scrimshawed with figure of America in colors. Newport, E. I. 

 24,902. Gift of J. H. Clark. 



Tooth of sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 



Scrimshawed with this legend : " Taken by the ship Montreal, of 

 London, in the Pacific ocean from a one-hundred barrel whale, 

 — * — , 1835." Washington, D. C. 7,659. Gift of Mrs. Dove. 



Tooth of sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 



Scrimshawed with figure of General Washington and American 

 eagle. New Bedford, Mass. 24,888. Gift of George J. Nick- 

 erson. 



Ivory balls. 



Turned from teeth of sperm-whale. New York. 24,836. Joseph 

 Shardlow. 



ivory of reptiles. 

 Jewelry. 



Various articles of jewelry made from teeth of alligator (Alligator 

 mississippiensis). Jacksonville, Fla. 26,895. E. F. Gilbert. 

 Alligator teeth are extensively used for jewelry, whistles, cane 

 handles, buttons, &c. 



BONE OF MAMMALS. 

 " OS MIRABILIS " OF WALRUS. 



Alaska. 9,476. Gift of General George H. Thomas, U. S. A. 



Jaw-bone of a sperm-whale. 



In a crude state. 29,374. U. S. National Museum. 



Parasol-handles. 



Made from sperm-whale's jaw. Philadelphia. 29,232-5. Harvey 

 & Ford. 



Chopping-knife. 



Made from sperm-whale's jaw. 24,909. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



Sail-thimble. 



Made from bone of whale. Beverly, Mass. 25,791. Gift of J. W. 

 Foster. 



Seam rubber. 



Made from the jaw-bone of sperm-whale. Used by sail-makers to 

 rub along seams. Beverly, Mass. 25,793. Gift of Frank 

 Westerberger. 



