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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442Murdoch, John

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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442

Name: Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442
Author: Murdoch, John

Murdoch, John

Eskimos -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region

Harpoon head, bone and stone                   221
Walrus harpoons                                224
Typical walrus-harpoon heads                   226
Typical walrus-harpoon heads                   226
Typical walrus-harpoon heads                   227
Walrus-harpoon head, with “leader”             227
Walrus-harpoon head, with line                 228
Walrus-harpoon head, with line                 228
Walrus-harpoon head, with line                 229
Foreshaft of walrus harpoon                    230
Harpoon head for large seals                   230
Retrieving seal harpoon                        231
Details of retrieving seal harpoon             232
Jade blade for seal harpoon                    233
Seal harpoon for thrusting                     233
Diagram of lashing on shaft                    234
Model of a seal harpoon                        235
Large model of whale harpoon                   235
Model of whale harpoon, with floats            236
Flint blade for whale harpoon                  237
Slate blade for whale harpoon                  237
Body of whale harpoon head                     238
Whale harpoon heads                            238
Whale harpoon head with “leader”               239
Foreshaft of whale harpoon                     239
Whale lance                                    240
Flint head of whale lance                      241
Flint heads for whale lances                   241
Bear lance                                     242
Flint head for bear lance                      242
Deer lance                                     243
Part of deer lance with flint head             243
Deer lance, flint head                         244
Flint head for deer lance                      244
Bird bolas, looped up for carrying             245
Bird bolas, ready for use                      245
Sealskin float                                 247
Flipper toggles                                248
Boxes for harpoon heads                        249
Seal net                                       251
Scratchers for decoying seals                  253
Seal rattle                                    254
Seal indicators                                255
Sealing stool                                  255
Seal drag and handles                          257
Whalebone wolf killers                         259
Wooden snow-goggles                            261
Bone snow-goggles                              262
Wooden snow-goggles, unusual form              262


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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442

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