EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXIX. 



Navajo Quiver, Sinew-Lined Bow and Arrow, all of Northern type. 



Fig. 1. Quiver, mountain lion skin. Bow case made with hair side inward; arrow 

 case, hair side outward. There is also between the two, where they are 

 joined, a stift'ener of wood, which belongs especially to the arrow case, 

 showing that the bow case is au afterthought. For decoration the ends 

 of the bow case are adorned with a fringe of lion skin, and from the top 

 of the arrow case the tail of the lion depends. I^ength : bow case, 44 inches ; 

 arrow case, 28 inches. 



Cat. No. 7G684, U. S. N. M. Navajo Indians, Athapascan stock, Arizona. Col- 

 lected by Dr. "Washington Matthews, U. S. Army. 



Fig. 2. Bow, made of mesquit wood, roiinded on the back and oval in form, lined 

 with sinew, which is strengthened by three bands of sinew. The grip is 

 seized with a delicate wrapping- of buckskin string. The ends of the 

 horns of the bow are wrapped with sinew and there is no especial moditi- 

 eatiou of the ends for receiving the string. The bowstring is of two-ply 

 twine, sinew cord. Length, 3 feet 11 iiiches. The TacuUies or Carriers 

 of British Columbia, the Hupa of northern California, and the Navajo 

 of Arizona, all Athapscans, use the sinew-lined bow. 



Cat. No. 76684, U. S. N. M. Navajo Indians, Athapascan stock, Arizona. Col- 

 lected" by Dr. Matthew.s. 



