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Plate LXXXIV
Sioux Quiver, made of Cow Skin, Arrow and Bow

FIG. 1. QUIVER, mottled cow skin. Bow case and arrow case are made after the usual pattern, ornamented at the top and bottom with fringes of hide with the hair on, and joined together by their margins. Bandolier of a strip of hide with fringes at the end. Length of bow case, 43 inches; arrow case, 26 inches.

Cat. No. 151016, U. S. N. M. Sioux Indians, Siouan stock, Dakota. Collected by Gen. Hazen, U. S. Army.

Plate LXXXIV