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War club. The head is an oval stone, fastened to the wooden handle by a strip of 

 leather, which also covers the entire handle. 



The leather is covered by a sheet of tin 6 inches longer than the handle, orna 

 mented with beads and a hanging leather strap also embroidered with beads. 

 Length, 29 inches; length of the head, 6| inches. Yankton Indians (Siouan 

 stock), Yankton Reservation, Dakota. 8382. Collected by Dr. A. B. Campbell, 

 U. S. A. 



Club (slung shot). The head is of stone, and is of the shape of an egg; the handle 

 is of wood. The whole club is strongly covered with leather. 



The head hangs at about an inch from the handle, suspended by the same 

 leather which covers both. The handle is ornamented with strips embroidered 

 with beads, and a plume of horsehair hangs from it. Length, 23 inches; diam 

 eter of the head, 2 inches. Ute Indians (Shoshonean stock), Ute Reservation, 

 Colorado, 1891. 153047. Collected by Theo. Moller. 



Seal}) with long hair. Taken from the head of -an Indian. Mounted on a wooden 

 hoop covered with red flannel, to which it is fastened by a loop. Length of the 

 hair, 27 inches. Sioux Indians. 153950. Collected by Mrs. M. M. Hazen. 



Scalp. Taken from the head of an Indian. Mounted on a wooden hoop. This skin 

 has been cut and stretched in order to make the scalp larger. 



The Indian tears the scalp from his conquered victim, seizing him by the hair 

 with the left hand, and with a knife cutting a piece of skin as large as the 

 palm of the hand. When the scalp is dry he sometimes ornaments it, and he 

 preserves it as a trophy of great value. Length of the hair, 25 inches. Sioux 

 Indians. 153952. Collected by Mrs. M. M. Hazeu. 



Scalp. An oblong piece of skin with black hair. Length, 5| inches. Sioux Indians. 

 153954. Collected by Mrs. M. M. Hazen. 



Scalp. Taken from the head of an Indian. Mounted on two hoops covered with red 

 flannel, and placed one inside of the other. A cord is tied to the larger hoop. 

 Length of the hair, 12 inches. Sioux Indians. 153951. Collected by Mrs. M. 

 M. Hazen. 



Horse tail. Mounted on a wooden hoop, imitating the shape of a human scalp, sus 

 pended by a loop of red flannel. Length, 21 inches. Sioux Indians. 153954. 

 Collected by Mrs. M. M. Hazen. 



CASE II. 



Specimens of bows from North America. This collection of bows contains the follow 

 ing specimens, comprising all those known north of the Aztec territory : The 

 bow with a backing of sinew cord; the bow made of pieces of bone joined 

 together ; the bow covered with sinews glued to the back ; the simple bow made 

 of elastic wood. 



Bow with a backing of sinews. Made of spruce pine, strengthened at short intervals 

 with fastenings of sinew. The cord of the bow is of twisted sinew. Length, 

 57 inches. Eskimo of the Yukon Delta, Alaska. 43679. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Mixed bow. Of bone, in three pieces fastened together by a cord of sinew, and 

 strengthened, in addition, by small pieces of bone and a longitudinal cable of 

 sinew. Length, 3 feet. Eskimo of King William s Land. 10280. Collected by 

 Capt. C. F. Hall. 



Bow covered with sinew. Made of wood; the back is covered with a strong band of 

 sinew, plastered with glue to imitate the bark of a tree. It has curved ends, 

 ornamented with small pieces of skins, giving it the appearance of Cupid s bow. 

 Length, 38 inches. McCloud River Indians. 76373. Collected by Lorin F. 

 Green. 



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