Mountain Maidu arrow quiver made of an inside-out small mammal skin.
Atsugewi cased fox skin quiver made by slitting animal’s skin along its hind legs, turning skin inside out, and finally sewing the mouth and eye openings shut.
4½ inches 7 inches
Maidu stone knives of obsidian, one with a wooden and sinew handle (after Dixon)
A warrior in stick armor and fur helmet
Of equipment for warfare, Garth states:
“Defensive armor included rod armor ..., gowns ... of dried elk or bear skins, and skin helmets which came down over the forehead and ears, ‘so a man could just see out of it’. The skin armor extended to the ankles or lower; it was worn over one shoulder so that it protected only the side of the body turned toward the enemy. Rod armor, made of serviceberry withes twined together with buckskin string, was high enough to come up to the neck under the chin and extended two or three inches below the belt. The Plains Indian shield, although found among the Surprise Valley Paiute and other Paiute tribes to the east, was lacking among the Atsugewi,” and all other tribes of the Lassen area.