898 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [74] 



Fish- arrows (6). 



Heads of barbed ivory or iron, driven into light cedar shafts. Heads 

 and feathers secured by seizing of fine sinew. Used by Eski- 

 mo of Arctic coast of North America. Length : shafts, 21| to 

 24 £ inches ; heads, 3£ to 7 inches. Anderson River district, 

 1863. 1,106. Bobert Macfarlane. 



Arrows for hunting and fishing (9). 



Bone or ivory heads — two blunt, quadrilobate, having barbed ivory 

 or iron tips. The heads are driven into light cedar shafts ; 

 heads and feathers secured by seizing of fine sinew. Used by 

 Eskimo of Arctic coast of North America. Length of shaft, 

 2L} to 26 inches ; heads, 2£ to 6J inches. Mackenzie Eiver 

 district, 1863. 1,965. B. B. Boss. 



Fish- arrows (10). 



Barbed ivory heads; one blunt, quadrilobate, driven into light 

 cedar shafts ; heads and feathers secured by seizings of fine 

 sinew. Used by Eskimo of Arctic coast of North America. 

 Length : shafts, 20f to 25f inches ; heads, 2 to 7 inches. 

 Mackenzie Biver district, 1863. 1,966. B. B. Boss. 



Fish-arrows (10). 



Thin, lozenge-shaped iron heads, beveled edges, serrated on inner 

 edges, driven into light cedar shafts. Heads and feathers se- 

 cured by seizing of fine sinew. Used by Eskimo of Arctic 

 coast of North America. Length : shafts, 25 inches ; heads, 

 4 to 5 inches. Mackenzie Eiver district, 1873. 1,967. B. E. 

 Boss. 



Arrow. 



Shaft of cedar, § inch in diameter, with butt feathered, and with 

 carved barbed bone head attached to outer end in a slot, in 

 the end of which is lashed a clipped flint arrow-head 2 inches 

 long. Length, 2 feet 5 inches ; bone head, 6 inches. Alaska, 

 1867. 6,609. Collected by Hon. George McKeim. 



Fish- arrows (4). 



Long, round, ivory or bone heads, with detachable barbed copper 

 tips through which the line is rove. Staves of white cedar ; 

 feathers secured by serving of fine sinew. Made by Yakutst 

 Indians. Length, including head, 33 to 35 inches. Port Mul- 

 grave, Alaska, 1874. 16,406. William H. Dall. 



Arrows (3). 



Shafts of cedar, £ inch in diameter, with butts feathered, and with 

 carved, barbed bone heads in slots, in outer end of which are 



