The darts are fifteen to eighteen inches long and are made of locust wood. They are sharpened and hardened over a flame at one end and, at the opposite end are wrapped at an angle with the silk from a thistle plant. As the air is blown into the gun the thistle silk fluffs and creates a shoulder to blow against. The dart is retarded in its movement by the taper of the bore. It is not known what implement was employed to produce this tapered bore. Many years ago this type blow gun, with poison darts, was used in warfare by the _Cherokee_, _Choctaw_, _Catawaba_, and _Houma_ tribes. Displayed with the blow gun and darts is the basket quiver which held the darts. These specimens were brought to Oklahoma before 1860, by the grandfather of Jim Backwater. (See Plate 21) The Clark Field Collection of Indian Baskets is composed of one thousand and ninety six specimens, as of date (1964), from throughout North America and represents almost every basket making tribe of that area. Due to the wide scope of tribal representation and the beauty of these outstanding specimens, this collection is rated by the U. S. Indian Arts and Crafts Board as the most outstanding Indian basket collection in North America. Plate No. 1 [Illustration: 1a HOUSEHOLD _Chippewa_ Minnesota Size: 3¾″ × 8¼″] [Illustration: 1b TRINKET _Eskimo_ Alaska Size: 3½″ × 3½″] [Illustration: 1c DECORATIVE _Attu_ Aleutian Islands, Alaska Size: 5″ × 6″] [Illustration: 1d DECORATIVE _Attu_ Aleutian Islands, Alaska Size: 3¼″ × 3¾″] Plate No. 2 [Illustration: 2a WATER JUG _Chiricahua Apache_ New Mexico Size: 13½″ × 9½″] [Illustration: 2b WATER JUG _Havasupai_ Arizona Size: 12″ × 10″] [Illustration: 2c HISTORICAL—UTILITARIAN _Wampanoag_ Massachusetts Size: 6¾″ × 9″] [Illustration: 2d HISTORICAL—UTILITARIAN _Pennacook_ Massachusetts Size: 14½″ × 20″] Plate No. 3 [Illustration: 3a CRADLE _Pomo_ California Size: 16″ × 12″ × 7″] [Illustration: 3b CRADLE _Hoopa_ California Size: 16¾″ × 9½″] [Illustration: 3c CRADLE _Ute_ Colorado Size: 34″ × 12″] [Illustration: 3d FISHING CREEL _Algonquin_ Quebec, Canada Size: 10½″ × 10½″ × 8½″] PLATE No. 4 [Illustration: 4a FISH TRAP _Catawba_ North Carolina Size: 64″ × 16″] [Illustration: 4b GAMBLING MAT _Pomo_ California Size: 28″ diameter] [Illustration: 4c GAMBLING TRAY _Seneca—Cayuga_ New York and Oklahoma Size: 12″ × 3¼″] [Illustration: 4d GAMBLING TRAY _Pawnee_ Nebraska and Oklahoma Size: 9″ × 2″]