146 COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



Boiv made of horn. Made of several pieces of buffalo horu joined, and covered on 

 the back with sinews cemented with glue. Decorated with bands of red flannel, 

 fastened with thongs of buckskin, covered at intervals with ornaments of small 

 feathers. Length, 3 feet. Sioux Indians (Siouan stock), Missouri River. 154015. 

 Deposited by Mrs. Mildred McLean Hazeii. 



Bow covered with sinew. Bow of hard Avood, with the back covered with sinew 

 cemented with glue and strengthened with fastenings of sinew and with a strap 

 of buckskin. The cord of the bow is of sinew, fastened to one end by six half 

 turns. Length, 42 inches. Ute Indians of Utah (Shoshonean stock). 14886. 

 Collected by J. W. Powell. 



Plain bow. Made of wood, not strengthened, ornamented with paintings on only 

 one side of the bow. Sioux Indians (Siouan stock), Missouri River. 8301. 

 Gift of the Army Medical Museum. 



Quiver, bow, and arrows. The cases for the bow and the arrows are separate; they 

 are of white sealskin. The bow is of antler, and is composed of three pieces, 

 joined together by clinched rivets of iron, and fastened together in the center 

 by a cord of sinew. The arrows have wooden shafts with a broad iron head, 

 wide and smooth notches, and two feathers placed in the same plane, the whole 

 tied with sinew. Eskimo of Cumberland Gulf. Quiver, 30014; bow, 34055; 

 arrows, 90138. Collected by L. Kumlien and Lucien Turner. 



Quiver and bow. Quiver of seal skin, with the hair outside. It is a plain bag, with 

 out compartments, for the bow and the arrows. The bow is of spruce, strength 

 ened on the back with a cord of sinew. Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska. 

 89240. Collected by E. P. Herendeen. 



Quiver, bow, and arrows. The cases for the bow and the arrows are of fish skin. The 

 bow is of spruce, strengthened with a cord of sinew ingeniously stretched on 

 the back and enveloping the whole bow. The arrows have shafts of spruce, a 

 bone head fastened in the groove at the end of the shaft by small strands of 

 sinew; two feathers are fixed in the groove, in the same or in different planes, 

 and are fastened to the shaft with sinew. Eskimo of Porcupine River, Alaska, 

 1891. 153640. Collected by J. H. Turner. 



Quiver, bow, and arrows. The cases for the bow and the arrows and the bandoleer 

 are of sea-otter skin, lined with, red flannel, and embroidered with beads of 

 . many colors, and have long fringes of sea-otter skin cut in strips. The bow is 

 of horn; compound; the pieces of horn are united by sinews, and the whole is 

 overlaid on the back by sinew and cement; the grooves are made by wrappings 

 at the end of the bow. The cord is of fine twisted sinew. The arrows have 

 small shafts, three feathers, and iron heads. Nez Perce Indians (Shahaptian 

 stock), Idaho. 22287, 29886, 23842. Collected by William H. Danielson and 

 J. B. Monteith. 



Bow and quiver. Quiver of sea-otter skin, lined with flannel, and ornamented with 

 beads and with fringes of sea-otter skin. The bow is of pieces of horn, united 

 by small deerskin thongs, and is covered on the outer side with raw hide 

 cemented with gme. Nez Perce&quot; Indians (Shahaptian stock), Idaho. 23843, 

 21286. Collected by Rev. G. Ainslee and J. B. Monteith. 



Quiver, bou\ and arroivs. The cases for the bow and the arrows and the bandoleer 

 (shoulder belt) are of mountain-lion skin, and are lined with red flannel, partly 

 cotton, and ornamented with an embroidery of beads. The bow is of wood, 

 plain ; with a string of sinew. The arrows have plain shafts, iron heads, and three 

 feathers. Arapahoe Indians (Algonkian stock). 129873. Collected by Lieut. 

 H. M. Creel, U. S. A. Given to Lieutenant Creel by Powder Face, the head chief 

 of the Southern Arapahoe. 



Quiver, bow, and arrows. The cases of the bow and the arrows are of oxhide. The 

 bag is of leather; the bow is of hard wood, plain. The arrows have plain shafts 

 and three feathers. Comanche Indians (Shoshoneau stock), Indian Territory. 

 8818, 6964. Gift of the Army Medical Museum. 



