EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL. 

 TiiK Paim.s oi' an Akrow. 



The dissected arrow is shown in snch i'asliioii that the parts of a higlily complex 



example may he understood. 



A c'OMi'LETE AKROW. Foreshafted type, fonnd among the trihes of Oregon and 



northern t'alifornia. 

 The ideas made specially prominent are: 



Fi<i. 1. The method of inserting the foreshaft into the end of the shaft. 



Fig. 2. The attachment of the head to the barb piece by diagonal lashing of sinew 

 and the union of the stone head with the barb piece of bone attached to 

 the foreshaft. 



Fjg. 3. The laying on of the feathering in one example having what is called the 

 "rifling" of the arrow. 



Fk;. 4. The foreshaft before the head is attached, showing especially the neat man- 

 ner of its union with the shaft. 



Fig. 5. The painted bands or ribands of the shaftment, called by a. variety of names. 



Fig. 6. The relation of the nock to the pithj' wood of the shaft. 



