Quivers are all very similar in plan also, usually comprising a case for the bow, one for the arrows, and in some tribes a pouch containing arrow-making tools. The Eskimo make their quivers of sealskin, other tribes use cat, deer, panther, otter, etc. The spear doubtless preceded the bow and arrow. It is little used by the interior tribes, but in the form of the harpoon, as well as the regular spear form, is common among the Eskimo and other coast Amerinds.[227] [Illustration: MODERN ROD ARMOUR OF THE KLAMATHS, OREGON Made up of 44 oval rods of pine wood. The cord is of native hemp and cords made of sisal, the latter probably derived from ropes of white make. Cords are coloured red and yellow. Bound with buckskin painted red; shoulder-straps of buckskin; tying straps at the sides. Width, 38 in.; height, 21 in. ] [Illustration: HUPA ROD ARMOUR, CALIFORNIA “Made of 118 peeled rods, woven together with native twine, bound with buckskin on upper and lower edges and arm-holes. Shoulder-straps of leather; six horizontal stripes of red cord cross the front. The red lines denote the number of enemies slain or captives taken; also the rank of the wearer. This class of armour was in common use among the Natanos and Kennucks before the introduction of firearms; but it is now obsolete, nearly.” Width, 41 in.; height, 21 in. ] [Illustration: ESKIMO PLATE ARMOUR, DIOMEDE ISLAND, BERING STRAIT “Made of five imbricating rows of plates of walrus ivory of unequal size in the different rows, pierced with from 6 to 13 holes, lashed with sealskin thongs.” 164 plates in all. In form, lashing and adjustment of plates it is identical with certain types of Japanese armour. Width, extended, 49 in.; height, 24 in. ] In armour, the Amerind was inventive, as in everything else, and he devised some excellent means for defence for the body[228]; and borrowed one form, according to Hough, from Asia. His shields were made of wood, basketry, cotton, and rawhide, and were usually circular. The commonest material was rawhide, which was often contracted and hardened by fire, and then covered with buckskin. It was variously ornamented, and the decoration was the outcome of many a religious ceremony conducted according to long-established rules. It was “invariably held on the left arm, usually by a simple thong of buckskin attached to the interior.” Many shields have two covers, each held on by a gathering string. In New Mexico and Mexico some tribes used one that could be shut up like a fan, and the Navajos had one that was made of cedar rods tied together with cords. [Illustration: TLINKIT SKIN ARMOUR, ALASKA “Made of tanned hide; two thicknesses; sewed along the upper edge. The ‘swallow-tail’ portion is reinforced with two extra thicknesses, making four in all. The coat is very heavy. The sewing is done with sinew. Width, 25 in.; height, 33 in.” ] [Illustration: PREHISTORIC ALEUTIAN ROD ARMOUR