EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIII. 



SiXEW-LlNED Bows, P.nOAI> TYPE. OXE BoW PLAIN. 



Fig. 1. Bow. made of yew. This is a bow with a single curve on the back, double 

 curve on the inside, broad and flat. Constricted at the grip and narrow- 

 ing toward the nocks. Along the inside is a little furrow. The grip is 

 ornamented with a tuft of long hair seized in place by a band of birch 

 bark. This bow is exactly of the form of the sinew-lined bows farther 

 south and inland. Perhaps the cold and dampness of the coast regions 

 are unfavorable, affecting the glue. The bowstring is a single ribbon of 

 sinew twist. Length, 3 feet 10 inches. 



Cat. Ko. 72656, U. S. X. M. Makah Indian.s. Cape Flattery, Collected by J G. 

 Swan. 



Fig. 2. Bow, made of yew and lined along the back with sinew, shredded and mixed 

 with glue, which is wrapped around the horns of the bow and molded to 

 form the nocks. Single curve, excepting at the ends where the limbs turn 

 gracefully backward. The grip and horus are wrapped with buckskiu 

 string. Bowstring, sinew cord, three-ply. Length, 3 feet 5 inches. 



Cat. Xo. 2058, U. S. N. M. Tejon Indians. California. Collected by John Xanthu-s. 



P^IG. 3. Bow, made of yew wood. Broad and thin at the grip, tapering iu width 

 and thickness toward the nocks, which are turned outward. The back of 

 the bow is lined with shredded smew, laid on closely like the bark on a 

 tree, and painted green and decorated with tufts of otter skin and strips 

 of dressed hide, seized with sinew. The grip is covered with a seizing of 

 buckskin string. The horns of the bow turn outward. The bowstring is 

 made of twisted sinew. Length, 3 feet 10 inches. 



Cat. Xo. 19322, TT. S. X. M. McCloud River Indians, Copehan stock, California. 

 Collected by Living.ston Stone. 



Fig. 4. SixEW-LiNEi) bow, made of yew. Broad and flat, lined on the back with sinew 

 laid (m in glue and ornamented with figures painted green. Narrowed 

 somewhat at the grip and bound with buckskin string. Around the horns 

 buckskin is glued and bands of sinew wrapped and the nocks ornamented 

 with tufts of fur. Bowstring is a loose twine of sinew cord. Length, 3 

 feet 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 131110, U. S. X. M. Pitt River Indians, Xorthern California. Collected 

 by N. J. Purcell. 



