EXPLANATION OF PLATE LVIII. 



CoMPOUXD Eskimo Arrows, with Two Fkathers, or xoxe, and Flat Nocks. 



Fig. 1. Sfiaft, cyliudrical. No feathers. Nock, flat; notch, large and U-shaped. 

 The head consists of a h)ug shank of hone, in the end of which an iron 

 hlade is inserted and hekl in \t\nce by an iron rivet. The arrow shaft is 

 cut wedge-shaped and fitted into an angnlar notch in the bone shank, held 

 in place by wooden rivets, and seized with sinew. Total length, 26^ 

 inches. 



Fig. 3 is similar to fig. I. 



Oat. No 2529, US N M Asiat'e Eskimo Collected by Commodore Kodgera, U. 

 S. Navy. 



Fig. 2. Shaft, short and rudely made. Head is in two parts; the long shank of 

 iron, on the outer end of which a blade of iron is riveted. Feathers, two, 

 laid on flat and held in place by sinew. All of the specimens from this 

 region are very poor, owing to the lack of wood, and they are also much 

 modified by contact with the whites ( thanks to the early appearance in 

 this region of whalo ships). Compare fig. 4. Length, shaft, 2 feet 2 

 inches; foreshaft, 6 inches. 



Cat. No. 30016, U.S. N M. Eskimo of Cuuiberland Gulf. Collected by W.A.Miin 

 ster, U. S. Navy. 



Fig. 4. The shaft is of pine. The head consists of two parts, a shank of bone and 

 a blade of iron let into the saw cut and riveted in place. The shank is 

 spliced onto the shaft and seized with sinew twine. Feathers, two, laid 

 on flat and held in place by a rough wrapping of sinew. Nock, flat. In 

 this same number are other specimens dift'ering from the one described in 

 minute particulars. One specimen has a common nail for the head, with 

 a piece of nail let in transversely as a stop. Other examples are unfin- 

 ished. Length of shaft, 2 feet 1 inch. 



Cat No. 90138, U. S. N. M. Whale River Indians, Eskimo stock, Labrador. Col- 

 lected l.y Liicien Turner. 



Fig. 5. The type is fully described and figured in Pi. lix. 



