EXPLANATION OF PLATE L 1 1 1 . 



Eskimo Arrows, with flat Feathers and i.()N(; Points. 



Fig. 1. Shaft, of spruce wood, tapering from the bead backwards to a point, to 

 which a single feather is fastened by a seizing of sinew. The point, of 

 walrus ivory, inserted in a split in the end of the shaft, and seized with 

 sinew. Other specimens of these darts are eizedwith a fine rawhide line 

 of babiche. Length of shaft and point, 19 inches. 



Cat. IS^o. 45476, U. S. N. M. Eskimo, Cape Nome, Alaska. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fig. 3. Shaft, of pine, short and thick. Head, of bone, spatulate and spliced on to 

 the shaft and held in place hy sinew. In the specimens of this type made 

 after contact with the whites the type of this sjjatulate point has a saw 

 cut across the end, into which a blade of iron is inserted and held in place 

 by a rivet. The connection between these two forms should be especially 

 noted, as the more recent could not be explained without comparison with 

 the ancient form. Length of shaft, 1 foot 5^ inches; foreshaft, 5 inches. 



Cat. Nos. 34052-55, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Cumberland Gulf. Collected by Lud- 

 wig Kumlieu. 



Fig. 2. Similar to fig. 3, except that the head is of iron. 



Fig. 4. Shaft, of spruce wood. Head, a flat blade of iron, widened at the point 

 and inserted into the split end of the shaft and held in place by the lash- 

 ing of babiche or rawhide string. Feathers, two, laid on flat, the ends in- 

 serted into the wood of the shaft. Nock, flat; notch, large and deep. 

 Not numbered. St. Lawrence Island Eskimo. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, of spruce wood, spliced, owing to the scarcity of material. Two 

 feathers, laid on flat and seized with sinew. Nock, flat; notch, angular. 

 The point, a bit of iron from a whaling' ship, flattened out and fastened 

 into a slit at the end of the shaft by a seizing of sinew thread. The point 

 has been hammered and filed coarsely into cylindrical shape. Total length 

 of shaft, 17 inches. 



Cat. No, 30016, U. S. N. M. Collected by W. A. Miinster, 



