EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIX. 



Arrows of Pacific .Statp:s, from California to Washington. 



Fig. 1. The shaft is spindle-shaped, taperiug to the nock. Feathers, two, held on 

 flat and seized with pack thread. Nock, expanding; notch, angular. 

 Head, a bit of iron wire, inserted in the end of the shaft, which has been 

 pointed for the purpose, aud expanded at the end into a leaf-shaped blade. 

 In some samples the barbs have been cut into this leaf shape partlj-^ by 

 means of a filing, to enable the hunter to retrieve his game the better. 

 The total length of the shaft is 28 inches. 



Cat. No. 127872, IT. S. N. M. Quinaielt IndianH, .State of Wasliingtou. Collected by 

 C. Willoughby. 



Fig. 2. Similar to fig. 1 in every respect, excepting the jioint. There are endless 

 varieties in these. 



Fig. 3. Stem, a single rod or twig. Point of brown bottle glass inserted into a notch 

 in the end of the shaft and held in place by a broad baud of sinew. Feath- 

 ers, three, seized at the end with sinew. Shaftment painted red. The 

 notch siiuilar to those of the Chinese arrows. Length of arrow, 31| inches. 

 Cat. No. 76021, U. .S. N. M. Tribe unknown, probably Central California. 



Fig. 4. Shaft, of spruce. Feathers, three, seized with sinew. Nock, cylindrical; 

 notch, angular. The point is a slender spindle of hard wood inserted into 

 the end of the shaft, seized with sinew, and sharpened at the point. This 

 is a very delicate aud effective weapon. Total length, 25 inches. 



Cat. No. 649, U. S. N. M. Klam.ath Indians, California. Ci>Ilected by George Gibb.s. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, of twig. Shaftment striped with narrow bands of red and blue. 

 Feathers, three, glued to the shaftment. Nock, cylindrical ; notch, very 

 shallow. The head consists of a stone blade and a barb piece of bone. 

 The barb piece is inserted in the end of the shaft and seized with sinew. 

 The barbs are f of an inch long. The stone blade, of red jasper, is fastened 

 to the bone barb piece by a diagonal lashing of sinew. This device is for 

 the purpose of retrieving. If shot into a fish it enables the hunter to 

 secure the animal and free the arrow. If shot at a burrowing animal aud 

 the creature escapes into its hole the hunter has a means of recovering the 

 game. Total length of shaft, 30 inches. The adjoining figure on the left 

 is of the same type Avith different ribbon. 



Cat. No.s. 21353, 126576, U. S. N. M. rro<- Indians. Collected by Stopben Power.s. 



Fig. (j. Shaft, of reed. Shaftment painted white. Feathers, three, 4| inches long, 

 seized with sinew. The notch, a shallow cut. Fore.shaft, of hard wood. 

 Head, of obsidian, let into the end of the foreshaft and neatly fastened with 

 gum, which is molded to conform to the lines of the arrowhead and to 

 impede as little as possible its flight. This arrow is very neatly made. 

 Length of shaft, 33 inches. 



Cat. No. 19709, U.S.N. M. Indians, of Tide Kiver. C.ilifornia. Collected by Stephen 

 Powers. 



