EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXVIII. 



Apache Arrow Case and Arrow. 



Fig. 1. Quiver, deerskin. Bow case, none. Arrow case, bag with a stiflFener of wood 

 attached by means of strings along the seam. About the middle of the 

 quiver is a band of smoked deerskin leather, with a fringe characteristic 

 of the tribe, in which the scallop before mentioned appears. The bando- 

 lier is a strip of cotton cloth and blue tlanuel. Length of quiver, 34 inches- 

 Cat. Ko, 17331, U.S. N.M. Apacht Indians, Athapascan stock, Arizona. Collected 

 by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U. S. Armj'. 



Note. — The arrows accompanying this quiver, of which an example is given, are 

 of the characteristic Apache type, shaft of reed, foreshaft of hardwood, points of 

 iron. The extra length of the quiver is due to the fact that the reed arrows are 

 longer than those with shafts of hard wood. 



