Plate V from: On the Structure and Affinities of the Composite Bow, by Henry Balfour. From: The Journal of the Antropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Plate V

Description of Plate V
Fig. 1. Bow with simple form of "free" sinew backing; Eastern Esquimaux. Obtained by Capt. Lyon. Ashmolean Museum collection.
Fig. 2. Bow with more advanced type of "free" sinew backing, and shewing the "Tatar " outline. Western Esquimaux, near Icy Cape. Obtained by Capt. Beechey. Ashmolean Museum collection.
Fig. 3. Bow with simple form of "close" sinew backing, California. Obtained by Capt. Belcher. Pitt-Rivers collection.
Figs. 17-21. Indian Bow.
Fig. 17. Transverse section through the centre of one of the arms.
Fig. 18. Dissection of the belly at the same part.
Fig. 19. Dissection of the back at the same part.
Fig. 20. Transverse section through the centre of one of the ridges.
Fig. 21. Transverse section through the centre of the "grip."
	a. Hardwood base.
	b. Horn, a single piece in each "arm."
	c¹ and c2. Inner and outer layers of sinews on the back.
	h. Glue.
	l. External lacquer coat.
	n¹. Layer of longitudinal sinews on the belly.
	n². Layer of grey brown cement-like substance, mixed with sinews.
	o. Red brown cement coating.
	p. Metallic film upon which the lacquer lies.
Fig. 22. Indian bow, probably from the Punjâb, shewing sup-plementary transverse splicing of sinews at the "elbows" and on either side of the "grip." Pitt-Rivers collection.
Fig. 23. One end of a plain wood bow from the Tongan Group, shewing the raised channel and part of the groove. Pitt-Rivers collection.