EXPLANATION OF I' LATE LXXXV. 



Dakota Quiveh, .self Bow ani> Ahuow, with iStkaioht Shai t (iijooVE. 



Fk;. L QuiVKR, of buffalo skin ; bow case and arrow case separate. Bow case, a nar- 

 row bag just fitting the bow. Arrow case, a wide sack tapering toward tlse 

 liottoiu. Both cases adorned at nj)per and lower margins with long fringes 

 ol buckskin, at the head of which is a band of red tianmd decorated with 

 " white-man's " patterns in beadwork. Bandolier is a strip of butfalo skiu 

 with hair left on. The bow and arrows are of the universal Siouan type. 

 ' Length of bow case, 42 inches; arrow case, 26 inches. 



Cat. No. 23735, U. S. N. M. Sioux Indians, Siouuu slock, I):iknt;i Collected by 

 Paul Beckwith. 



