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Dakota (Sioux) Quiver. owned by "Spotted Tail." Wyman Coll. (Haupt. del.)

length. 29¼ inches diameter at top. 6½ "

   "    at bottom      2¼         "

length of tail. 27½ "

  "      " loops.     40.           "

The Dakota carries the arrows in a quiver. made of the skin of an animal. In the specimen taken for our drawing the skin is that of a Mountain Lion. "Felix concolor". and it was owned by "Spotted Tail" the Dakota chief referred to. The quiver is conical. a piece of the skin is cut in a triangular shape about thirty inches long and sewed together along te edge using as thread the sinews.