. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 271. The bird spear of the Greenland Eskimo has, besides its main point, several supplementary points at some distance from the end of the spear. It has an inflated bladder to prevent its sinking in the water. A number of dif- ferent Polynesian weapons are made with shark's teeth lashed to wooden clubs or lances. Fiff. 107 is a Spear- Fig. 105.—Lance-head and sealbuoy, British Columbia. head exhi
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 271. The bird spear of the Greenland Eskimo has, besides its main point, several supplementary points at some distance from the end of the spear. It has an inflated bladder to prevent its sinking in the water. A number of dif- ferent Polynesian weapons are made with shark's teeth lashed to wooden clubs or lances. Fiff. 107 is a Spear- Fig. 105.—Lance-head and sealbuoy, British Columbia. head exhibited in the Philippine Islands section of the Spanish department. The Kingsmilland Marquesas Islanders also arm theedges of their spears with sharks' teeth, binding them to the shaft with sinnet, the plaited fiber (coir) of the cocoa-nut. One from the Kingsmill Islands has over 200 teeth in a row, the shaft being of light wood and 15 feet long. A spear from the Philippines had 12 teeth in a row. A saw is made on the same principle by the Australians; flakes of obsidian or quartz, about the size of a quarter-dollar, are inserted in a grooved stick of gum-tree wood and fastened by gum from the grass-tree, commonly known as "black-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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