HUNTING THE WALRUS 



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Photos by Dobbs, of Nome, Alaska 



CHOPPING OPP THE WALRUS TUSKS, THE ONLY PART OP THE AN I MAP THAT IS 



UTILIZED BY THESE HUNTERS 



The tusks are solid ivory, hard and more yellowish than those of elephants. Both males 

 and females have tusks, but the females' are longer, their huge teeth sometimes reaching 30 

 inches in length. The animal uses the tusks to dig up clams from the sea bottom and to help 

 it climb on to the ice. The ivory now sells for a dollar a pound in the open market at San 

 - Francisco. 



PART OP ONE MORNING'S "BAG" OP WALRUS TUSKS 



