[73] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 897 



BOW AND PIVE ARROWS. 



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

 served for a short distance with thin strips of fiber. Made by 

 Indians. The arrows have variously-shaped tips, some with 

 double points, some barbed; all the heads are driven into light 

 cedar shafts, the heads and feathers being secured with a seiz- 

 ing of fiber secured by gum. Length of bow, 35 inches ; width,, 

 1£ inches; arrows, 26 to 32 inches. N. W. coast of America,, 

 1841. 2,754. TJ. S. Exploring Expedition, Capt. Charles- 

 Wilkes, U. S. N., commanding. 



Eskimo hunting-case, bows, and arrows. 



Case, deer- skin; one bow has end pieces made of the ribs of the> 

 deer and center-piece made of walrus tusk ; the other bow made 

 of ribs of deer and wood; thongs, sinews of the deer. Bows 

 and case have been used; arrows new. Length of case, 34| 

 inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. 68,127. IT. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Eskimo, Hudson Bay. Used by some of the tribes. 

 in hunting deer, walrus, musk-oxen, seals, bears, partridges,. 

 &c. Obtained from crew of whaling-brig George and Mary. 



Bow and arrows. 



Bow made of yew (Taxus brevifolia). Arrows brass-tipped and, 

 feathered. Center of bow served with common white wrapping 

 twine. Length of bow, 43 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flat- 

 tery, 1883. 72,655. James G. Swan. Used by natives for 

 killing both fish and birds. 



BOW AND ARROWS. 



Bow made of yew (Taxus brevifolia). Arrows tipped with steel;-, 

 one with two points. Center of bow has hair from head of a, 

 young squaw — a superstition that the bow will be lucky — 

 wrapped with slips of bark. Length of bow, 40 inches. Makah 

 Indians, Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, 1882. 72,656. 

 James G. Swan. Used by natives to kill both fish and birds. 



Quiver and arrows. 



From St. Lawrence Island, Bering Strait. Made by Eskimo. St. 

 Lawrence Island, 1880. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fish-arrows (2). 



Detachable tips, made of short iron points, with wooden barbs 

 lashed together with seizing made of cedar roots, fit over the 

 ends of light wooden staves. The line, made of twisted sinew 

 or gut, is fastened to tips. Made by Makah Indians. Length, 

 39£ inches. Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, 1862. 650. 

 , George Gibbs. 

 2444— Bull. 27 57 



