MUEDOCH.J QUIVERS. 



inch beyond the mouth, v,hovo it is >iccn 

 thiouj^Ii a couph' of siiiiill liolcs in tlie 1 

 in.n" round a notcli on tin; stick. Tiic >(i 

 when there are no arrows in it. A bit 



209 



.r ti 



ini(hlh-, one en 

 for tijilitcninu i 

 Thc(|ni\..rfi 

 like the pivcdin;:. Nil 

 nic.iilli. Tiic hitfr i-; 

 former IL'^, and the -. 

 from the niontli to l';ic 

 stiireninj;i<p(ii>.Mia.l.M 

 the h.ittom HI- icM.h tl 

 by two pieces ot" timn 



IMPtt.^d 

 '■1.>M. t„ni,.e,ke;,nd |,;iss- 



tlion- is kn..tl.-(l ronnd the 



U- hll.'hed into:. hM.pon the ..fher, 

 Miii\er ;ind conliniii;;- the ;irr.>\\s. 

 d;ini ,N,,. 7-J7SS |l';U1 Ki.^. 1!I0,.) is 

 II i;iiuer :it the l)oltc.ni th;in ;il liie 

 .^A inch.'s in ciicnMileienc-<-;ind liu' 



■iiit;ile lictlin- ;it lh<' allows. The 



'fl'iiH>.,ui<l,hM.sn..t pp.icct liiroii-h 



"I iheniuMtil. IL is hehi in 



I HI 111, lie.s h.n--. whicii also 



serve to fasten it to tiie bow ca.se. This ([uiver is nearly 

 new. 



It is probabk' that tlie form of the bow ease and quiver 

 varied but little, amonj,' the .Vmerican Eskimo at least. 

 Those tiffured by ('apt. Lyon' are almost exactly like the 

 ones we collected at 

 Point Barrow, even 

 to the crimped cap 

 on the bottom of the 

 (piiver. A similar set 

 belong' witli a lad's 



bow in the 3Iiisenm ''" '■'- <'ii> i"i'ii>iv, i 



IVoni J'oint IIoix' (No. (i;!(;ii). Nordeii.skiiijd. however, 

 li^iires a \eiy ehil)c>iate tiat <piiver.' in ii^e at IMtleka.j, 

 whicii isesidenll.N of .ucnninc Asiatic oii.uin. 



Sonic pains seem to ha\e i)ecii bestowed on ornament 

 inj;- the (piiver in former times, when the bow was in iiion- 

 jiiMieral ii.se. Fi--. l!tl. No. .")(;."■)()."'. [L'.-;i |, tVoni Xiiwrik, rep- 

 resents what we, understood iiad I)cen a stilfciiiiiu rod f<ir 

 a (piiver or bow case. It is of remdcci antler. 17 iiiciies 

 Ion-, and oni' end is vci-y neall\ <-ai\cd int,, tlic head and 

 shonldeis of a leindeei. with small, blue -lass l„.a,|s in- 



scrtecl for tin' .■\es. 'flic l.iiiccolatc | t at the lip was 



probabl\ ina.le w ith an idc.i of iinprovinj;' it for sale. The 

 Fio. i!ii.-Quiv,r hoj.'at Ih.' back of ijic iicc k is for a tlionji' tofaslcn it on 

 ""' with. A .similar iciiuh'ci h.-.id of antler. Fi- !!):.'. No. 



Silll'.l |l(M;(i|, ai.so from Nuwtik, seems to have been a cap for a (|uivcr 

 stick. The i)ack of the neck makes a half-ferrule, in which are tliree 

 holes f(tr rivets or treenails. 

 Bracers. — lu shooting the bow, the wrist of the bow hand was pro- 



5(1, F\g. 2i. 



s 



' Parry'a 2d Voyage, PI. oppos 

 ^Vega, vol. 2, p. 106. 



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