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Tlingit and Haida Bows and Tlingit War-spear. 



Fig. 109. Bow. Tlingit type; narrow. Cat. No. 75454, U. S. N. M. Tlingit In- 

 dians, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 110. Bow. Narrow type. Cat. No. 16406, U. S. N. M. Yakutat Indians 

 (Tlingit), Alaska. Collected by William H. Ball. 



Fig. 111. Bow. General coast-type. Cat. No. 63551, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, 

 Sitka, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 112. Bow. General broad coast-type; under side showing tlie groove. Cat. 

 No. 73546, U. S. N. M. Kaigani Indians (Haida), Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia. Collected by J. Loomis Gould. 



Fig. 113. War Spear. General tyi^e after introduction of iron. Handle carved 

 with owner's totem. Blade of steel (bayonet shape). Cat. No. 75419, 

 U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians. Sitka. Alaska. Collected by John J. 

 McLean. 



Fig. 114. Broad Bow. General coast type. Compare 111, 112. Cat. No. 88812, 

 U. S. N. M. Masset (Haida), Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 

 Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 115. Willow Bow. With device for receiving the blow of the string. Cat. 

 No. 75455, U. S. N. M. Tinne Indians, interior of Alaska. Collected 

 by John J. McLean in Sitka. 



