. Bulletin. Ethnology. RROWHEAO Embedded ois) tinction between arrowheads and spear- heads is that of size. Very few flint arrowheads are as much as 2 inches long, and these are quite slender; thick or strong ones are much shorter. Solid flesh, being almost as resistant as soft rubber, could not be penetrated by a large pro- jectile un- less it were pro- pelled by greater power than can be ob- tained from a bow with- out artifi- cial aid which is not at the command of a savage. The shapeof thestone arrowhead among the Indian tribes is usually triangu- lar or pointed-oval, though some have very
. Bulletin. Ethnology. RROWHEAO Embedded ois) tinction between arrowheads and spear- heads is that of size. Very few flint arrowheads are as much as 2 inches long, and these are quite slender; thick or strong ones are much shorter. Solid flesh, being almost as resistant as soft rubber, could not be penetrated by a large pro- jectile un- less it were pro- pelled by greater power than can be ob- tained from a bow with- out artifi- cial aid which is not at the command of a savage. The shapeof thestone arrowhead among the Indian tribes is usually triangu- lar or pointed-oval, though some have very slender blades with expanding base. Many of them are notched. These were set in a slot in the end of the shaft and tied withsinew,rawhide, or cord, which passed through the notches. Those without notches were secured by the cord passing over and under the angle at the base in a figure-8 fashion. It is said that war ar- rows often had the head loosely attached, so that it would remain in the ,-• wound when the shaft was with- drawn, while the hunting 13oint was firmly secured in order that the arrow might be recov- ered entire. Glue, gum, and cement were used in some sec- tions for fixing the point or for rendering the fastening more secure. The ac- companying dia- gram will ex- plain the differ- ent terms used with reference to the completedarrowhead. A specimen which has the end rounded or squared instead of flattened is known as a "; As a rule both faces are worked off equally so as to bring theedge opposite the middle plane of the blade, though it is .sometimes a little on one side. For the greater part these seem to be redressed ordinary spearheads, knives, or arrowheads whose points have been broken off, though some appear to have been originally made in. ^ ARROWHEAD NOMENCLATURE. \a, POINT; 6, EDGE; c, Face; d, Bevel; e, Blade; /, tang; g, Stem; h, Base; /, ^OTOH; A', Neck; ni, Barb or Shoulder). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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