EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 



Bird Holts from varioi's Arkas. 



Fig. 1. Shaft, cylindrical and flattened toward the notch. No feathers. Notch, 

 with parallel sides. Head, a bullet-shaped piece of walrus ivory, perfo- 

 rated and litted on the end of the shaft. Total length of shaft, 25 inches. 

 Not numbered, U. S. N. M. St. Lawrence Islands. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 2. The shaft, cylindrical and flattened toward the nock. Feathers, two, ou 

 inner ends, securely inserted into gashes on the side of the shaft, and the 

 outer extremity seized with sinew. Notch, shallow. Head, of bone or 

 antler, blunt-shaped, like a flower bud, with seven nodes or projections 

 around the margin. This style of arrow is very common in this region. 

 The head is found in a great variety of shapes, but they are all used for 

 the purpose of stunning birds witliout drawing blood. Total length, 27 

 inches. 



Cat. Ko. 45432, U. S. N. M. E.skimo, Cape Darby. Alaska. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fig. 3. Shaft, of cedar; 25 inches long; narrow streak of red ocher around at upper 

 extremity. Shaftment, flat; feather end near the nock Avithout seizing; at 

 theother extremity seized with sinew thread. Nock, flat ; notch, very deep. 

 The head is a cylinder of antler, hollowed at the lower extremity and 

 fitted into the shaft with a conical tenon fitted into a cavity of the same 

 shape. The head, at its upper extremity, is gashed, so as to have four 

 pointed projections. 



Cat. No. 33833, V. S. N. M. Eskimos of Pastolik. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. i. Shaft, a piece of hard wood, cut down so as to leave the tip of the shaft 

 and the nock wide spreading. Feathers, three, long, fastened to the shaft 

 by wide strips of sinew. No ornamentation, but very carefully made. 

 Length, 27 inches. 



Cat. No. 23736, IT. S. N. M. Indians of Devil's Lake. Collected by Paul Beck with. 



Fig. 5. The whole arrow is of a single piece, without feathers. The head is a double 

 pyramid. The nock is much expanding; the notch, shallow. In the com- 

 panion arrow to this one the head is a double cone. Total length of shaft, 

 24 A inches. 



Cat. Nos, 85U9 jind 85U8, U. S. N. M. Sbosboues. Collected by Mr, Waters, 



