EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL II I. 

 Arrows of Apache Tribes, Soutiiwesterx TJxited States. 



Fig. 1. Tlie shaft, i.s of osier, with .shaft streaks nearly straight. Shaftment taper- 

 ing backwards and banded with red and green paint. Nock, swallow-tail 

 shajied. Feathers, three, seized at their ends with sinew and extending 

 off from the shaft at the middle. The front part of the feathering is orna- 

 mented with tufts of down. The delicate Idade of iron forming the head 

 is inserted into a "saw cut" in the end of the shaft and seized with sinew. 

 'Total length, 2~>i inches. 



("at. No. 6964, U. S. N. M. (Joinancbe Indian.s, ciC Texas. Collectfd by Dr. E. Palmer, 

 IT. S. Aruiy. 



Fig. 2. Shaft, of reed. The shaftment is ornamented with bands of red and black. 

 Feathers, three, seized with sinew. Notch, parallel-sided. The foreshaft, 

 of hard wood, fits into tlie end of the reed shaft and is seized with sinew. 

 It is daubed with brown paint. Head, of jasper, incurved at the base and 

 notched on the sides. It is iu.serted into the end of the foreshaft and fast- 

 ened by a diagonal seizing of sinew and further secured lij- mesquite gum. 

 Total length of shaft, 371 inches. 



Cat. No. 5519, U. S. N. M. Apache Indians, of Arizona. Collected by l»r. Edward 

 Palmer . 



Fig. 3. Shaft, of rhns, painted red. Feathers, three, seizetl with sinew, standing 

 oft' from the shaftment. The nock is cylindrical and the notch is rectan- 

 gular. Head, of old hoop iron, inserted in a notcli in the end of the shaft 

 and seized with sinew. This sjtecimen is xevy roughly made. The total 

 length of the shaft is 25 inches. 



Cat. No. 25512, U. S. N. M. Apache Indians. Collected by Dr. J. B. White, 1'. .S. 

 Army. 



Fig. 4. Shaft, of hard wood. Iron head let in at the end of the sh.-ift. Feathers, 

 three, seized with sinew. Shaft jiaiuted blue. Shaftment bound with 

 yellow, blue, and red streaks. Length, shaft, 2 feet 4 inches. 



Cat. No. 130307, U. S. N. M. A]iache Indians, Athapascan stock, Arizona. Col- 

 lected by Dr. T. C. Scantling, IT. S. Army. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, of osier. Has three shaft streaks, two nearly straight and one a wavy 

 line. The shaftment is ornamented with bands of red and blue. Feathers, 

 three, attached at their ends by a seizing of sinew and glued to the shaft. 

 Near the seizing is a bunch of downy feathers, left for the purpose of orna- 

 mentation. Nock, widely spread. Notch, angular. The head is a taper- 

 ing blade of iron, a portion of which, with the tang, is inserted into a " saw 

 cut" and neatly seized with sinew. Total length, 27 inches. 

 Fig. 6. This arrow is similar to No. 5 A, excepting a little ornamentation on the 

 front of the .shaft. Total length, 24|^ inches. 

 Note. — Both of these arrows are perfect of their kind. It is difficult to conceive 

 how a more deadly missile could be made. 



Cat. No. A and B 150450, U. S. N. M. Navajo Indians. Collected by Dr. Washing- 

 ton Matthews, U. S. Army. 



