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Title: Descriptive booklet on the Alaska historical museum
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Alaska Historical Library and Museum Kashevaroff, Andrew P., b. 1863 Alaska Historical Association
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Publisher: Juneau, Alaska
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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bow forfighting was only a .secondary considera-tion, that none of their arrows areregular war arrows like thos? madeby the plains Indians- Fire arms havenow almost completely superseded thebow for actual work. Most of the bows in the collectionwere made from driftwood. The speci-mens on exhibition represent different makes from the Arctic region to Nuni-vak Island. Those with double curvesare from Victoria Land. They arestrongly reinforced with sinew or rawhide wrappings. Aside from the sinew-reinforcement, they have bone or ivoryplates under the wrappings. One bowin this collection is made from thehorns of mu.sk oxen. It is made in fourpieces and .strongly reinforced withsinew wrappings and pieces of ivoryunder the wrappings. Those that arebroad and heavy, backed with a singlecable of sinews are from the Ku.sko-kwim River district.Arrows. All arrows in the case are from theArctic region. Several forms of arrowsare used in different parts of Alaskaand on the adjacent i.slands. Among
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ALASKA II 1 s r () K 1 (• A L Ml S i. i M those in the collection the most im-portant are the arrows used for hunt-ing large game. The Eskimo also usesan arrow with l)liint h( ads of variouspatterns for killing birds without in-juring the skin. Fish Arrows. In addition to the arrows u.sed fa-killing animals and birds the Eskimohas fish arrows. The fish arrows havelong shafts with one, two and thrcjbarbed points of bone at the end heldin position by sinew lashing. Bird Darts. For capturing large birds like ducksand geese, sitting on the water, es-pecially when they have molted theirwing feathers so as to b? unable to fly.a dart with a point at the tip andcarrying a .second set of three ivoryprongs in a circle round the middle ofthe shaft is used. The object of theseprongs is to increase the chance of hit-ting the bird if the hunter mis.sed itby the head of the dart. They alwayscurve forward, so that the points standout a few inches from the shaft, andare barbed on inner edge in such

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