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Object Number 38-1-10/53031
Display Title Pencil sketch of a man standing in the position of shooting an arrow
Descriptions
Object Description Pencil sketch of a man standing in the position of shooting an arrow from his bow, under his right shoulder he holds several arrows. inscribed in lower left hand corner of drawing, "Manner of holding a bow." 7.75 x 10 in.
Classification
  • Drawing
Subject
  • Yurok
  • Miwok
Date 1852
Artist John Russell Bartlett (1854 - 1854)
Artist Henry B. Brown (1852 - 1852)
Culture
  • Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Napa County
Additional Geographic Terms Napa Valley
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 19.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Owner Lucretia Russell Moore Osborn (1854 - 1856)
Collector John Russell Bartlett
Donor Mrs. W. W. Francis (1938)

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