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Wood bow with notched ends
Object Number 2005.4.1
Display Title Wood bow with notched ends
Descriptions
Object Description Wood bow with notched ends, leather-wrapped mid-section; carved symbol; written in pen on bow: "Sioux Chief Shackopee / Sioux hunting or buffalo bow / Ft. Ridgly Min 1867. / They used short bows on horseback"
Inventory Description Bow with hide hand grip, both ends notched but at opposite sides
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867 or earlier
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Hide, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 115.5 x 2.8 x 3.1 cm (45 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2005.4.1; Sioux cheif Shackopee / Sioux hunting or buffalo bow / Ft. Ridgly Min
Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Briggs
Provenance
Owner Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs
Owner Chief Shackopee
Collector Dr. Lloyd Vernon Briggs (1930-1939)
Donor Eleanor Briggs (3/3/05)

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