KXri-A NATION <>K PI.ATK LXIX. 

 SiNKW Ha('kki> Bows ok Eskimo, Arctic Typks. 



This plate exhibits the great variety of ways in which the sinew braid is admin- 

 istered upon the bow iu the Arctic type for the purpose of iniuimi/iug the chances of 

 breaking the very brittle wood of which they are made. The numbers upon the 

 sides of the figures refer to descriptions by Murdoch, iu the Keport of the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum for 1884. 



The first bow upon the plate, Fig. 10, is Cat. No. 89245, U. S. N. M., and the second 

 figure is Cat. No. 72771, U. 8. N. M., from Wainwright's Inlet. Collected by U. S. 

 International Polar Expedition. 



