EXPLANATION OF PLATE L. 

 Arrows of Tribes about Puget Sound, Washingtox, and British Columbia. 



Fig. L Shaft, of cedar. No feathers. Head, a triangular piece of hoop iron iuserted 

 into the end of the shaft and seized with twisted sinew. The shaft is 

 ornamented with a spiral band of black. Length of shaft, 32| inches. 



Cat. No. 650, U. S. N. M. Makah ludians, Cape Flattery. Collected by J. G-. 

 Swan. 

 Fig. 2. Shaft, of spruce. Head, of iron, inserted into split end of the shaft. Seized 

 with sinew cord. Feathers, three, lashed on with sinew thread. Nock, 

 expanding. Length of arrow, 30 inches. 



Cat. No. 650, IT. S. N. M. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery. Collected by George. 

 Gibbs. 



Fig. 3. Shaft, of cedar, tapering both ways from the middle. Seized at the front 

 end with birch bark. Into this end is driven one or more barbed points, 

 of brass or iron wire, pounded flat at the point. One or two barbs filed 

 upon the edges. Feathers, two, laid on flat and seized in place by spruce 

 or birch bark. The nock expands gradually from the feather to the end, 

 where it is spread conspicuously. The noticeable features of this arrow 

 are the following : First, the barbed metallic points taking the place of the 

 ancient bone barbs of ^\mkes's time; second, the seizing by means of nar- 

 row ribbons of spruce or birch bark; third, the feathers laid on flat, after 

 the fashion of the Eskimo; fourth, exaggerated widening of the butt of 

 the arrow at the nock. There are many specimens of this type in the 

 National Museum. Length: shaft, 2 feet 11 inches; foreshaft, 6^ inches. 

 Cat. No. 72656, U. S. N. M. Makah Indians, Wakashan stock, Washington. Col- 

 lected by J. G. Swan. 



Fig. 4. Similar to fig. 3, with difterence in shape of metal point. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, spindle-shaped. Feathers, two, laid flat, after the manner of the 

 Eskimo, and seized with narrow strips of bark. Nock, angular, long ; orna- 

 mented with a wrapping of red flannel, the end of the feather being at 

 least two inches from the end of the arrow. It widens out very rapidly 

 toward the end. Notch, angular. The point, a long spindle of bone with 

 its shallow barbs on one side inserted in a cavity at the end of the shaft 

 and neatly seized with bark. Total length of shaft, 28 inches. 



Cat. No. 76295. U. S. N. M. Makah Indians, Wakashan stock. Collected by J. G. 

 Swan. 



Fi<;. 6. Shaft, of cedar. Feathers, three, 10 inches long, closely shorn, seized with 

 strips of bark and a bird's feather nicely laid on. The shaft of the arrow 

 is thickest in the middle and tapers in both directions toward the nock 

 where it is smallest, widening out toward the end. Nock, angular. Two 

 jjoints of wood are fastened to the end of the shaft with a neat seizing of 

 bark. In this sample one point is much longer than in the other and the 

 barbs are on the outside. Length, 30 inches. 



Fi(i. T. Shaft, similar to that of fig. 6, but there is a single point of bone with barbs 

 on one side. Feathers, two, laid on flat at their ends. Feathering and 

 nock have a separate seizing of bark. Length, 27 inches. 

 Other samples in the same quiver are quite similar in characteristics, with varia- 

 tions in the barl)s. 



Cat. No. 27!»0, U. S. N. M. State of Washington. Collected by Capt. Charles 

 Wilkes. 



