. Bulletin. Ethnology. BtTLL. 30] ARROWS, BOWS, AND QUIVERS 91 this form. A few are smooth or polished at the ends, as if used for knives or scrap- ers; but most of them have no marks of use except occasionally such as would re- sult from being shot or struck against a hard substance. It is probable that their purpose was to stun birds or small game, in order to secure the pelt or plumage free from cuts or blood stain. They are rela- tively few in number, though widely dis- tributed in area. The Eskimo employ arrowheads of stone of usual forms. Consult Abbott (1) Prim. Indus., 1881, (2) in Sur
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BtTLL. 30] ARROWS, BOWS, AND QUIVERS 91 this form. A few are smooth or polished at the ends, as if used for knives or scrap- ers; but most of them have no marks of use except occasionally such as would re- sult from being shot or struck against a hard substance. It is probable that their purpose was to stun birds or small game, in order to secure the pelt or plumage free from cuts or blood stain. They are rela- tively few in number, though widely dis- tributed in area. The Eskimo employ arrowheads of stone of usual forms. Consult Abbott (1) Prim. Indus., 1881, (2) in Surv. \V. 100th Merid., vii, 1879; Beauchamp in Bull. N. Y. State Mus., no. 16, 1897, and no. 50, 1902; Fowke in 13th Rep. B. A. E., 1896; Moorehead, Pre- hist. Impls., 1900; Morgan, League of the Iroquois, 1904; Nordenskiold, Cliff Dwell- ers of Mesa Verde, 1893; Rau in Smithson. Cent, XXII, 1876; Wilson in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1897,1899; the Reports of the Smith- sonian Inst. ; the Am. Anthropologist; the Am. Antiquarian; the Archaeologist; the Antiquarian, (g. f. w. h. n.) Arrows, Bows, and Quivers. The bow and arrow was the most useful and uni-. TYPicAL quiver; navaho versal weapon and implement of the chase possessed by the Indians x. of Mexico for striking or piercing distant objects. Arrows.—A complete Indian arrow is madeupofsixparts:Head, shaft, foreshaft, shaftment, feathering, and nock. These differ in material, form, measurement, decoration, and assemblage, according to individuals, locality, and tribe. Arrow- heads have three parts: Body, tang, and barbs. There are two kinds of arrow- heads, the blunt and the sharp. Blunt heads are for stunning, being top-shaped. The Ute, Paiute, and others tied short sticks crosswise on the end of the shafts of boys' arrows for killing birds. Sharp. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly
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