Black obsidian spear point or knife from south shore of Summit Lake; four inches.
Dark gray banded point from Northeast shore Snag Lake; two inches.
SOUTHERN YANA POINTS
Dark gray obsidian point from Battle Creek Meadows. Note unusually strong asymmetry in two planes; one inch long.
Coarse gray lava knife (?) from Battle Creek Meadows; Three and one half inches long.
The bow was most frequently held in shooting at an angle of about 45 degrees with the arrow on top. Mountain Maidu used that style, too, or else held the bow horizontally with the arrow on top except in case of war when the arrow was held on the underside of the bow. Gifford and Klimak reveal that northern and central Yana held the bow horizontally. Sapir and Spier found that the Yana tribes proper (not Yahi), however held bows vertically in shooting. All tribes considered except Yahi used the primary release of the arrow in shooting. In this method the arrow was held between the index and third fingers, which caught and pulled back the string. The thumb held the other side of the arrow. The Yahi, on the other hand used the Mongolian release; grasping the arrow with the thumb and unbent first joints of the first and second fingers.