EXPLANATION OF PLATE L X X X V I I I . 

 Nez Pi:i!ci: QrivKi: anf) How. 



Fig. 1. QiiVF.R, of beaver skiu ; bow case au<\ arrow case made separately of beaver 

 skin with the hair side out. Oriiainented at the bottom with tassels ol 

 strips of skin, bird feathers and little bells, and with bands of beadwork, 

 and at the top with rings of beadwork and long flaps of beaver skin, lined 

 with red flannel and decorated with beadwork. Bandolier missing. 

 Length of bow case, 33 inches; arrow-case, 27 inches. 



C:it. No. 2:j843, D. S. N. M, Nez Perct- Indians, Shahaptiaii stock, Idaho. Collcc tcil 

 liy J. I?. MontfitL. 



Notk. — Tribes of the Shnhaptian stock displayed a great deal of taste in all o: 

 their work, and some of the quivers from that region which are accredited to tin- 

 Shoshonean and Salishan tribes have untk>ubtedly been made under the influence of 

 these Indians. 



