| No. | Locality. | Collector. |
32995 | Norton's Sound, Alaska | E.W. Nelson. |
| 30013 | Cumberland Gulf | W.A. Mintzner, U.S.N. |
| 33942 | Norton's Sound, Alaska | E.W. Nelson. |
| 33897 | do. | Do. |
| 33960 | do. | Do. |
| 24336 | Saint Michael's Sound, Alaska | Lucien M. Turner. |
| 24337 | do. | Do. |
| 24338 | do. | Do. |
| 46052 | Port Clarence, Alaska | W.H. Dall. |
| 46053 | do. | Do. |
| 49036 | Rasbonisky, L. Yukon | E.W. Nelson. |
| 38849 | Yukon River | Do. |
| 38605 | do. | Do. |
| 36014 | Kushunuk, Sabotnisky, Alaska | Do. |
| 36018 | Kuskunuk, Alaska | Do. |
| 49001 | Sabotnisky, Alaska | Do. |
| 49002 | do. | Do. |
| 73327 | Unalashka | Catlin. |
| 2267 | Anderson River | R. Kennicott. |
| 90467 | Ugashak | William J. Fisher. |
| 44392 | Cape Nome, Alaska | E.W. Nelson. |
| 72519 | Cook's Inlet | William J. Fisher. |
| 16242 | Nunivak Island, Alaska | W.H. Dall. |
| 16238 | do. | Do. |
| 74126 | Holsteinberg, Greenland | George Merchant, jr. |
| 12981 | Unalashka | W.H. Dall. |
| 89901 | Point Barrow, Alaska | Lieut. P.H. Ray. |
| 38669 | Chalitmut | E.W. Nelson. |
| 24335 | Saint Michael's, Norton's Sound, Alaska | Lucien M. Turner. |
| 33914 | do. | E.W. Nelson. |
| 7933 | Kadiak Island, Alaska | Dr. T.T. Minor, U.S.R.M. |
| 36013 | Sabotnisky, Alaska | E.W. Nelson. |
| 72398 | Bristol Bay, Alaska | Charles L. McKay. |
| 16244 | Nunivak Island, Alaska | W.H. Dall. |
| 11346 | Bristol Bay, Alaska | Vincent Colyer. |
| 16235 | Kotzebue Sound, Alaska | E.P. Herenden. |
| 15641 | Nunivak, Alaska | W.H. Dall. |
| 16237 | do. | Do. |
| 16239 | do. | Do. |
| 16076 | Unalashka, Aleutian Islands | Sylvanus Bailey. |
| 15647 | Nunivak, Alaska | W.H. Dall. |
| 15645 | do. | Do. |
| 16236 | do. | Do. |
| 15642 | do. | Do. |
| 15646 | do. | Do. |
PLATE I.
(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)
Fig. 1. Eskimo launching a seal harpoon by means of the throwing-stick. Mr. John Murdoch states that the hand is held much lower by the Point Barrow Eskimo, the harpoon resting as low as the shoulder, and that the movement of throwing the harpoon is quick, as in casting a fly in fishing.
Fig. 1. Eskimo using the throwing-stick.
PLATE II.
(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)
Fig. 2. Greenland type of throwing-stick. The specific characteristics are the broad form; the scanty grooves for thumb and fingers; the absence of pegs, separate finger grooves, or index perforation; but the most noteworthy are the two grommets or eyelets to fit ivory pegs on the harpoon-shaft. The peculiar method of strengthening the ends with ivory pieces should also be noted. From Holsteinburg, Greenland, 1884. Catalogue number, 74126.