EXPLANATION OF PLATE LVI. 



Northwestern Eskimo Rankling Arrows. 



P^iG. I. Shaft, of spruce wood, cylindricaL Shaftment flat. Feathers, two, seized 

 with sinew. The nock is flat; the notch, U-shaped. The head is a 

 triangular piece of ivory driven into the end of the shaft, and is seized 

 with sinew. The point is formed by shaving ofl the sides of the pyramid. 

 Total length, 25 inches. 



Cat. No. 89904, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska (Jollected by Lieut. 

 Ray, U. S. Army. 



Figs. 2, 3, 4. Shaft, of spruce, the head is a piece of bone sharpened at the point, 

 and on the sides are cut barbs, which vary in number among diflereut 

 examples. The head is set very loosely into a socket in the end ol the shaft 

 by means of a tapering dowel, the object being to leave the head to rankle 

 in the deer or other animal killed. There is a great variety of these ran- 

 kling arrows in the collection of the National Museum. Length of shaft, 

 2 feet 11 inches; foreshaft, 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 2674, U. S. N. M. Eskimo ot Fort Anderson River. Collected by G. Li. 

 McFarlane. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, cylindrical. Shaftment, flattened transversely to the plane of the 

 arrowhead. Feathers, three, laid on flat and seized with twisted sinew. 

 Notch, angular. The head of this arrow consists of two parts — the barb 

 piece and the point. The barb piece is of bone or antler pointed and 

 inserted into the end of the shaft and seized with sinew. Barbs, two, stand- 

 ing out from one side. The arrowhead, of chert, neatly chipped, hastate- 

 shaped, inserted into a slit in the end of the barb piece and seized with 

 sinew, which is laid on in a groove. These points are very easily drawn 

 out. Other specimens from this same quiver vary in size of the barli piece 

 and the length and serrations of the chipped blade. Total length of shaft, 

 30 inches. 



Cat. No. 72785, U. S N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow. Collected by Capt. Ray, U, S. 

 Army . 



Fig. 6. Shaft, of spruce. Feathers, two, loosely laid on and fastened with sinew. 

 Head, one blade of a pair of scissors driven into the shaft and seized with 

 rawhide. Length of shaft, 2.5 inches; foreshaft, 5 inches. 



Cat. No. -72757, O. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow. CoUected by P. H Kay, U.S. 

 Army. 



