BAHC80! University of California Berkeley LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF CURIOSITIES FOR SALE BY F. M. GILHAM, 1122 EIGHTH STREET, OAKLAND. OAL. CATALOGUE CURIOSITIES FOR SALE BY F. M. GILHAM, 1122 Eighth Street, Oakland, Cal Duplicates of this Catalogue mailed on receipt of 2 cent Stamp, HORNED TOADS. Of these I have some very fine specimens, 4 inches long and nicely stuffed. EACH.. II 50 All Articles in this Catalogue sent to any part of the Union, by Registered Mail, on Receipt of Price. Indian Bead Work, War Clubs, Blankets, Etc. Moccasins Papoose size, buckskin, partly bead ed, per pair $ 1 75 Moccasins Large size, buckskin, partly beaded, Per P air 3 75 Moccasins Large size, buckskin, all beaded Per pair , 5 00 Calumet, or Peace Pipe of the North American Indians, is made of red pipe stone, (catlinite), found in Dakota. The stem is about two feet long, made of wood or reed 5 00 Knife Scabbards Animal hide and all beaded on one side, each 3 59 Paint Bags Small buckskin pouches, ornament ed with beads, etc 1 59 Bows and Arrows Bow wrapped with sinew and thirteen pointed war arrows, each.. . . 10 00 Arrows with flint points, each 50 Arrows with iron points, each 50 Navajo Blankets These Blankets are made by the Navajo Indians by hand, and are well known for their gay colors and water-proof qualities; large size, each 10 00 Navajo Saddle Blankets Small size . . 3 00 Papoose Boards Finely beaded, each. . 7 50 In Indian Curiosities I have the finest and most varied collection of anyone on the Pacific Coast. All articles have been collected by myself and could not be dupli cated at any price. Parties wishing to purchase the entire outfit can do so at one- tenth what it cost me. Such a collection could not be got together at the present time. Any letter in regard to the collection will be promptly answered. IVORY SKULL. A very rare curiosity, carved by the Japanese. Perfect in form, and about the size of the engrav ing. Each, $1 50. These Buttons are made by the Chi nese of some very rare green stone. The eye and button are all on one piece. Diameter, 7-16 inch, or about -the size of the engraving. , They are extensively used by ladies for dress use and charms. Price each, 25 cents. TOOTHPICKS, made by the Japanese, and done up in the form of an umbrella. Three and a-half inches long. One dozen umbrellas, 15 cents. Japanese Pen Holder and Paper Cutter. Made of very hard dark wood and finely carved. Length, 8 inches. Each, 50 cents. Japanese Paper Knife made of bamboo and finely carved. Length, 1 1 inches; width, 1 inches. Each, 50 cents. Japanese Pipe Cases. ^_ Made of bone and finely carved. Length, 8 inches; diameter, 1 inch. Price each, $1 50. This novelty is used by the Chinese to scratch their backs. Length of handle, 17 inches, length ot hand 1 J inches arid 1 inch wide. The handle is made of clarified horn and the hand of white bone, neatly carved. Each, $1 00. MOSS AGATE WATCH CHAKMS. Sprays of-moss are plainly seen imbedded in these beautiful charms, the stone being semi-translucent. Every lover of the rare and wonderful in nature, highly prize th< se gems of the Far West. They are polished with a high gloss by expert lapidists. Price, 50 cents each. Moss Agate Pebbles Just as they are found, about the size of a chestnut; odd for pocket pieces or cabinets. These, as well as the watch cliarms were found in the Sweetwater country, Wyoming. Price, 10 cents each. Clouded Agate Charms ready to mount. These make a beautiful watch chaim. Each, $1 00. This shell comes from Victoria, B. C., and is found there in deep water. Length, 2$ inches. Price, 10 cents each. Pvattle snake rattles. Some very fine specimens. Price according to length, fifty cents to one doll; r. This Image or Chinese "Josh," is carved from a Walrus Tooth, and varies in length and form. They average about 2| inches in length. Price, each $2 00. AMBER, with a green bug imbedded in the center, a hole in the top so as to be used for a charm. Each piece is about the size of the engraving or a trifle larger. Each, $1 00. FISH HOOKS. Made by the Alaska Indians. The curved part is made of some very hard tough, da r k-c o 1 o r e d wood, while the hork or cross piece is made of bone and about 5 1-5 inches long, fastened with sinews. The Hook is 7 inches long by about 3* inches deep. I have but a few of these, and do not know where to get any more. Each $1 75. Pink Coral, varying in length from 3 to 4 inches. Each, $1 00. California Star Fish ...Each 25 cts. Mexican " ' 25 " Sea FirufS 95 " Cat, Eyes, Japan ( , oc Eye Stones " 6 The Tarantula or Trap Door Spider Of these I have the very finest and largest to be had, as I have a chance to select them. They are staffed, mounted on card board and nicely boxed. Length, 5 inches; width, 4 inches. Each $1 50. This is the largest of our American spiders. The male is large, strong, long-legged and com pletely covered with coarse brown hair. The palpi are unusually well developed and armed with poi- sunoifs fangs. Each of the anterior legs has a pro jection on the under side with which to hold off an enemy while the fangs are at work inserting the poison. He lives in a hole (in the ground), with a silken lining and open at the top, with the ex ception of a web during the day. A deserted mole or gopher hole seems to answer his purpose as well as anything. About sundown he removes his web and rests in the hole with the tarsi of the anterior legs just above the surface, ready to rush out upon some unsuspecting grasshopper or other prey. At this time he is easily taken. A little water poured into the hole will usually drive him out, but that is not always convenient. The female is much smaller, more slender and of a beautiful piceous black. She is rarely seen ex cept when forced from her house, and will gen erally prefer drowning to forsaking her offspring. This house, in which she rears her young, is a wonderful piece of architecture. It is a cemented earthern tube, running down in the ground from five to ten inches, then horizontally two to three inches and furnished at the surface or top with a perfect D- shaped lid, securely hinged on the flat side and perfectly water tight. The whole inside of the house is lined with a beautiful white silken web and in the lining of the lid there are two holes, in which she inserts her fangs to hold it shut in case of danger. It requires a practiced eye to discover these houses. 4 Tarantula Nests or Houses, The tarantula nest is one of the most curious as well as wonderful pieces of insect mechanism known, and is a valuable addition to any cabinet. The few I have of these have been selected from a lot of a hundred. Price, each $1 50. 8 ABALONE SHELL ORNAMENTS. No. 11 75 cts. No. 12 60 cts. No. 13 50 cts. No. 14 60 cts. t No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 18 50 cts. 50 cts. 50 cts. 75 cts. These ornaments are about the size of the en gravings and they make beautiful watch charms and bangles. PESCADERO PEBBLES from Pescadero -peb ble beach," pronounced by scientists 'absolutely unique, and one of the most fascinating spots in the worl 1. Per dozen, 25 cts. ELK IVORIES or the ivory teeth of elk, sus ceptible of high polish and valuable and unique for jewelry, 50 cents. Also antelope horns in natural state, black like ebony and very pretty curiosities, 75 cts. PAPER CUTTERS or knives, made from the horns of the antelope and deer. A novel and use ful ornament for any desk. Each, 1 50. Abafone Shell Pins or Hat Ornaments. No. 25 $1 75 No. 26 $1 75 No. 27 $1 50 They are from 2| to 3 inches long, with pin on the back. They make beautiful shawl pins or hat ornaments. WYOMING OPAL STONES, hard and trans- lucent, now very popular for jewelry because of their novelty, also valuable for specimens and for cabinets. Each 50 cts. WYOMING AGATIZED WOOD, petrified as hard as crystal, and suitable for cabinet specimens and jewelry. Each 50 ct . FOSSIL SHELLS or Corbicula, which Prof, Aughey says are a million and a -l:alf years old. Found on high and dry land, ten thousand above the sea level. Each 50 cts. PORCUPINE QUILLS, 25 cents per dozen. 10 WALRUS TOOTH. H to 2^ inches long. Each 50 cents. WALRUS SKIN. This makes a very fine cabinet specimen, as it looks like bark from the big trees. Cabinet size pieie, one inch thick. Each 25 cts. WHALE TEETH Each 75 cts. BUFFALO TEETH . " 25 " Japanese Cash Swords (made with about 100 coins), very fine, each $2 50 The . Resurrection Plant. A Natural Curiosity from Acapulco, Mexico This singular plant is really one of the wonders of creation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking, curled up shoots, brown, stiff, and apparently dead, resembling a bird's nest. Place it in water, in half an hour what a transformation ! The withered loDking bunch has now opened and is trans formed into a lovely patch of moss, entirely covering an ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dry season sets in, the plant curls up into a round ball and is wafted away by winds from place to place, sometimes for hundreds of miles, whqn at last it reaches a moist spot it gradually un folds itself, makes new roots and thrives in its new found home. This sensitiveness to . moisture is so great that even after the plant may seem dead it will open and close as if it were alive. Price, 20 cts. each. 11 THE ROAD RUNNER. This curious bird is found in Southern Califor nia and parts of Mexico. Its color is a mixture of black and gray, with the tail and wing feathers of a rich olive green. Its tail is about 10 inches long and is constantly bobbing up and clown. There is a crest of dark-blue feathers on the head and be neath this a strip of bright red skin. Its legs are rather short and muscular, and can carry him along at a very swift rate. Its wings are short and are only used to carry him short distances. It builds a nest about 12 inches in circumference out of twigs and grass in a shrub or cactus. Out here it is generally in an alder bush about six feet up. Its eggs are four in number, and are of a dirty white color and are about the size of a small hen's egg- A "Road Runner" kills snakes in a very funny manner. He first finds one asleep and builds a wall around him of cactus leaves. As soon as the snake wakes up he sees this wall and tries to glide over it, but it pricks him too much. Finally he gets mad and strikes right and left, getting in re turn a mouth full of prickly spines. At last he gets so enraged that he fastens his fangs into his body and dies, much to the delight of his feathery enemy, who is watching him all the time. Of these I have some very fine skins ready for mounting. Each $2 00 Tf you wish anything 1 mentioned in this Catalogue, in large quantities, write for information. 12 WAR ARROW POINTS. No. I No. 2 No. 3 75 cts. $1 00 75 cts. BIRD ARROW POINTS. No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 $1 CO $1 25 50 cts. $1 CO These points, as all collectors are aware, are re markable for their small size, beauty of workman ship and fine material, each being made of a semi precious stone, such as obsidian, agate, chalcedony, camelian, &c. Many are found of exquisite beauty. They were probably used for bird arrow points, being so small. They are much sought after by collectors, and are sometimes called jewelry points, being used for scarf pins, neck-laces and other articles of personal adornment. These are usually sold by dealers in curiosities and jewelers at from $1 00 to $5 00 each. They are extremely rare and will soon become unattainable at any price. r