EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXTV. 

 Plain Bows. Oxk EXAMPL^: CoMPorND with Sixkw Oahi.k Racking. 



Fig. 1. Bow, of hickory. Rectangular iii cross-sectiou. Double curve, tapering 

 toward the ends. Bowstring of very thick three-ply sinew cord. Length, 

 4 feet. 



Cat. No. 12987:!, r..S. N.M. Arapali" Indians. Xebniska Collected liy H. M. Creel. 



Fig. 2. Bow, of willow: oval in section, tapering toward the ends slightly, douI)le 

 curve. Chief characteristic is a piece of wood on the inside of the grijt, 

 fastened like the bridge of a violin, and held in place by a buckskin cord 

 to catch the bh)wof the string in relaxing. The bowstring is a tougli one 

 of rawhide. Length, 4 feet 5 inches. 



Cat. No. 75455, U. S. N. M. Kutcliin, Inland Alaska. Collected by J.J. McLean. 



Fl(;.3. Bow,ofwillow; siinilarto 75455. Evidently unfinished. It is a weak weapon, 

 and the bowstring is made of cotton thread. Length, 4 feet 1 inch. 



Cat. No. 63552, IT. S. N. M. Kutchin Indian.s, Inland Alaska. Collected liyJ.J. 

 McLean. 



Fig. 4. Compound bow, made of three ]iieces of bone. The foundation is the grip 

 or middle piece, to which the limbs are spliced and riveted. The back of 

 this bow is slightly reenforced by five double strands of braided sinew or 

 sennit, passing along the back from nock to nock, ami held in place by a 

 cross wrapping at the middle of the grip. Bowstring is made of lour 

 strands of sennit. The ends of this string are attached to loops of raw- 

 hide, which pass over the nocks. Length, 2 feet 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 34055, V. S. N. M. E.skinio, Cumberland Cult. Collected by Ludwig 

 Kumlien. 



