EXPLANATION OF PLATE L X X X I X . 



Vtk or Shoshuxf.an QrivKii, IJow. and Ahisow. 



QuiVKR, deerskin; bow case, arrow case, ami baudolier made of the same material, 

 with the fur side outward. Adorned with fringes of the same skin cut in strips 

 and with tufts of split feathers in which the stififmid-rib has been removed. Length: 

 bow case, 34 inches; arrow case, 28 inches. 



Cat. No. 19843, U. S. N. M. Dte Indians, Shosbonean stock. Ttah. Collerted by 

 Maj. J. W.Powell. 



Note. — There is no tool bag, but depending from tlie top of the arrow case is a 

 brush made of porcupine skin with the bristles left on. The bow is not sinew-lined, 

 the arrow is of the universal Shoshonean type, and resembles those of the eastern 

 Rocky Mountain tribes. 



