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Bow — Continued. 



arrows ; light cedar shafts with round bone heads ; small, de- 

 tachable, barbed tips — one of copper, two of bone — through 

 which are rove the lines made of fine sennit, braided of sinew. 



Fishing-bows. 



Whalebone spreaders, 19 inches long, in shape of triangle; two 

 snelled hooks ; cone-shape lead sinker. Philadelphia, Pa., 1876. 

 25,667. Gift of Wm. M. Young. Used in the capture of cat- 

 fish and other river species. 



Bow. 



Spruce ; the ends are broad and thin, tapering to a point at their 

 outer extremities, and to a nearly square shoulder at the mid- 

 dle of the bow ; wrapped with strong twisted sinew. Length, 

 56 J inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1882. 72,411. Collected by 

 Charles L. McKay. 



Bow. 



Made of an elliptical piece of spruce, wrapped and strengthened 

 with strong sinew. Length, 43 inches ; width, 1£ inches. 

 Ooglaamie, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1882. 72,771. Lieut. P. H. 

 Bay, U. S. A. 



Quiver. 



Made of sealskin. Length, 28f inches; width, 6 inches. Ooglaamie, 

 Point Barrow, Alaska, 1882. 72,788. Collected by Lieut. P. 

 H. Bay, U. S. A. 



Deer arrow. 



Long, pointed, ivory tip, serrated on one edge ; cedar staff; head 

 and feathers secured by seizing of sinew. Length, 32 inches. 

 Big Lake, Alaska, 1879. 36,176. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Deer and bear arrow. 



Long, stout, sharp-pointed, ivory tip, serrated on one edge, driven 

 into cedar shaft ; tip and feathers secured by serving of twine. 

 Length, 36 inches. Rasboinsky, Lower Yukon Biver, Alaska, 

 1880. 49,043. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



BOW AND SIX ARROWS. 



Bow made of a broad thin piece of spruce wood, with bark on inner 

 side, served in two places with thin strips of fiber. Arrows 

 have tips of iron and ivory, variously shaped, driven into light 

 cedar shafts, tips and feathers being secured by a seizing of 

 fiber paid with gum. Made by Indians. Bow: length, 35 

 inches ; width, If inches ; arrows, 25f to 32£ inches. North- 

 west coast of America, 1841. 2,751. U. S. Exploring Expe- 

 dition, Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., commanding. 



