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603.
Silurus Olobenus Walrus (2)
1931
50-75$ per pound from the native
stores; the male tusks generally
selling for more than those from &
old ivory dug from the ancient
village sites sells for $1.50 per lb.,
and walrus teeth for .15$ per pound.
Imuk Islands seem to be a great
gathering place for walrus &
when unavailable elsewhere they
the natives go to Imuk for their
kill. Much beach ivory found
here on the beaches of Imuk
indicate great numbers, at least
in the past.
Tigara Point Hope, Alaska, Arctic Ocean
Aug. 23. Very few walrus are killed.
From this village for the north and
south migration takes place quite
a ways out to sea where the
ice is constantly moving being
moved about & leads formed by
the main current. This current
swings Coastward up towards
Wanwright and the walrus there
approach close enough to land
to be regularly hunted. On the