208 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
is bent up into the shape of the end of the bow. Along the folded edge 
are three round holes about 10 inches apart, through which a round 
stick was formerly thrust, coming out from the inside through the first 
hole, in through the second and out through the third again. This 
served to hold the case in shape when the bow was withdrawn, and to 
its ends were fastened the thong for slinging it across the shoulders. It 
was gone from the specimen before we obtained it. 
The quiver (No. 89240-1 [25], Fig. 190)) is a long, straight bag of the 
Same material, open at one end, with a seam down one side, and the 
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Fic. 190.—Bow case and quivers. 
edge of the mouth opposite to the seam forming a rounded flap 2 inches 
long. The other end is closed by an elliptical cap of white tanned seal 
skin, turned up about 2 inches all round, and crimped round the ends 
like a boot sole. Its extreme length is 30 inches, and its circumference 
1 foot. Inside along the seam is a roughly rounded rod of wood about 
4 inch in diameter, with one end, which is pointed, projecting about 14 
inches through a hole in the bottom, and the other projecting about 1 
