EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXII. 



Plain, Sixevv-lined, and Compound Bows, the last named also Sinew-lined. 



Fig. 1. Bow of hard wood, ovoid iu section, single curve; string of smew cord. 

 Length, 4 feet 1 inch. 



Cat. Ho. 130616, U. S. N. M. Crow Indians, Montana. Collected by Maj. C S. Ben- 

 dire, U. S. Army. 



Fig. 2. Bow, made of hickory, with adonlde curve — the lower curve larger than the 

 other. The back neatly lined with sinew, and the ends wrapped for two or 

 three inches with shredded sinew. Grij) bound with buckskin string. 

 Bowstring, three-plj' sinew cord, back painted white. Length, 3 feet 5 

 inches. 



Cat. No. 8418, F. S. TS*. M. Gros Ventres. Dakota, Collected by Dr. Washington 

 Mathews, U. S. Aniry. 



Fig. 3. Compound bow, made of two sections of cows horn, spliced together in the 

 middle ami held by three rivets. Lined on the back with sinew, which 

 covers al.so the nocks. Curved in shape of Cupid's bow, bound at the grip 

 and the curve of the limbs with bands of red flannel, which is held in place 

 by seizings of buckskin string wrapped here and there with broad qnill, 

 dyed yellow. The horns are also wrapped with shredded sinew. Bow- 

 string, a three-ply sinew cord End of the bow ornamented with tufts of 

 horsehair and fur. Length, 3 feet. 



Cat. No. 154015, U. S. N. M. Sioux Indians, Montana. Collected by Gen. Hazen, U. 

 S. Army. 



Special attention is called to the union of the compound and sinew lined bow 

 in one specimen. 



Fig. 4. Similar to No. 3, but was collected long ago from the Gros Ventres, Upper 

 Missouri, by Dr. Washington Mathews, who spenta number of years among 

 these peojile. Contact with the Great Interior Basin is shown by the 

 union of the compound bow and the Shoshonean type of sinew-lined bow. 

 Length, 36 inches. 



