76 ANIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



9. IVORY AND BONE— Continued. 

 a. Ivory of mammals: 



(Tusks of African elephant with specimens of sawed and 

 scroll ivory and of the manufactured balls, combs, piano- 

 keys, handles, rings, canes, buttons, trinkets, bangles, and 

 miniature tablets.) 



(Tusks of the Asiatic elephant and their applications.) 



(Teeth of hippopotamus as used for handles for surgical in- 

 struments, index-fingers, and formerly for false-teeth, 

 (trade-name, " sea-horse.") 



Teeth of wild-hog used in manufacture of jewelry, vinai- 

 grettes, &c. 



Teeth of peccary. 



Ivory of narwhal used for canes. 



Teeth of sperm-whale and their application to the manufac- 

 ture of balls, buttons, and trinkets. 



Incisors of beaver used by Indians for chisels, knives, and 

 ornaments. 

 6. Ivory of reptiles : 



Teeth of alligator used for jewelry, whistles, cane-handles, 

 buttons. &c. 



c. Ivory of fishes : 



Sharks' teeth used in arming weapons. 

 Teeth of sharks and other fish used as trinkets. 

 Jaws of the sleeper-shark (Somniosus brevipinna) used for 

 head-dresses by Indians. 



d. Bone of mammals : 



Parts of splanchuo-skeleton of ferae, used as charms. 



Bones of bear and other large mammals, used by Indians for 

 implements, and as tablets for paintings. 



Bones of buffalo and of the domestic ruminants, used as 

 substitute for ivory in the manufacture of buttons, han- 

 dles, combs, &c. 



Sperm-whale jaw-bone, used for harness-rings, martin- 

 gales, &c. 



Horn-cores of ruminants, used in manufacture of assayers' 

 cupels. 



e. Bone of birds: 



Bones of birds, used by Indians and Eskimos in making 

 awls, needles, flutes, bird-calls, and dress-trimmings. 



