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shaft, where they are fastened by sinew lashings. At .the base are 

 three feathers. 



Figure 44 (10) represents a handsomely made triple point fish arrow 

 from Cape Vancouver, with the points serrated as in the preceding 

 specimen and held in position by an ivory ferule slipped over tliem. 

 At the base of the shaft are three tail-feathers of a cormorant. They 

 are notched along their inner vaues and bound in place by a sinew cord 

 at their tips and a strip of whalBbone about the lower ends. 



Figure 44 (2) shows a fish arrow from Cape Vancouver ; it has a bone 

 head, provided with a detachable barbed point fastened to the shaft by 

 a cord. 



Figure 44 (1) shows a fish arrow from the Yukon mouth, having a 

 detachable point, with a long sinew cord, which is divided on its inner 

 half and attached at two widely separated points to the shaft. Wlien a 

 fish is struck and the point freed, the shaft floats and forms a drag to 

 impede its escape. 



ARKOWPOTNTS 



Figure 2, plate x,xi6, is a bone arrowhead from Sabotnisky, the tip 

 of which is notched to form four points. The base forms a wedge- 

 shape point for insertion in the shaft. 



Figure 17, plate i.xi&, from Kigiktauik, is a bone point beveled down 

 to form five faces. 



Figure 1, plate LXift, from Nunivak island, is a conical point of wood 

 having two short, iron crossbars inserted at right angles through the 

 head. The inner end is cut down to a wedge-shape point for insertion 

 in the shaft. 



Figures 3 and 18, plate lxi&, show conical points of ivory from St 

 Lawrence island. Their bases are excavated, with a round hole for 

 receiving the points of the shafts. 



Figure 16, plate Lxi&, from Nunivak island, is of ivory, with the base 

 excavated to receive the shaft. The conical point is surrounded by 

 rounded auxiliary points, formed by incisions along the sides, making 

 a crenelated pattern. 



QUIVERS 



Figure 8, plate Lxic, represents a fish-skin quiver from the lower 

 Yukon. It has a cord attached at the upper edge and at another point 

 about midway on one side. 



Figure 27, plate lxi?>, shows a long ivory rod which was obtained at 

 St Michael by Mr Turner; it is intended for insertion along the side of 

 a quiver to stiffen it It is crescentic in cross section and large at one 

 end, which terminates in the figure of a wolf's head. The back of the 

 rod has three holes for the passage of a lashing. 



WRIST-GUARDS 



Figure 4, plate lxi6, shows a bone wrist-guard from St Michael, made 

 to wear upon the left wrist to prevent the bowstring from striking it. 

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