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Arrows (3) — Continued. 



lashed barbed metal arrow-heads 1£ inches long. Magemut 

 Indians, Nunivak Island. Length, 2 feet 7 inches ; bone heads, 

 6£ inches. Alaska, 1874, 16,413. Collected by William H. 

 Dall. 



Arrows (2). 



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

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

 lashed barbed metal arrow-heads 1£ inches long. Magemut 

 Indians, Nunivak Island. Length, 2 feet 8 inches ; bone heads, 

 6£ inches. Alaska, 1874. 16,414. Collected by William H. 

 Dall. 



Arrow. 



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

 carved, barbed bone head in slot, in outer end of which is 

 lashed a barbed metal arrow-head. Magemut Indians, Nunivak 

 Island. Length, 2 feet 6 inches ; bone head, 7 inches. Alaska, 

 1874. 16,415. Collected by William H. Dall. 



Fish arrow or dart. 



Head made of a curved piece of walrus ivory, with double barbs ; 

 staff, white cedar, unfeathered. Length: staff, 34 inches; 

 head, 5 inches. Bella Bella, British Columbia, 1876. 20,690. 

 James G. Swan. 



Fish arrows (7). 



Six specimens with long, bone or ivory tips, sharp-pointed, notched 

 on one edge; one specimen with long, double-edged, rounding, 

 flint head ; cedar shafts ; heads and feathers secured by seiz- 

 ing of fine sinew. Length, 29 to 31 inches. Kavianagmut, St. 

 Michael's, Norton Sound, Alaska, 1877. 33,822. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Arrows (5). 



Long, narrow, sharp-pointed, ivory heads, barbed on one edge, driven 

 into light cedar shafts. Heads and feathers secured by serving 

 of fine sinew. Length, 20| to 22£ inches. Kavianagmut, Nor- 

 ton Sound, Alaska, 1878. 33,825. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Arrows (7). 



Long, triangular, ivory points, irregularly serrated ; cedar shafts ; 

 feathers secured by seizing of fine sinew. Used for killing 

 ducks, muskrats, &c. Length, 28 to 36 inches. St. Michael's, 

 Norton Sound, 1878. 33,829. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



