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Bow case and quiver with bow and arrows
Object Number 99-12-10/52944
Display Title Bow case and quiver with bow and arrows
Descriptions
Object Description Elm bow, fringed quiver of mountain lion hide, and ten headless arrows fletched with turkey, hawk, immature snowy owl, and possibly bald eagle feathers. Red woolen trade cloth beaded in blue and white "bar and pendant triangle" motifs lines the strap, and blue and white beads also decorate the wooden rod supporting the bow case. All of the sewing on this bow case and quiver was done with sinew.
Inventory Description Bow, quiver, and 10 arrows, wood shafts, split feather ends, sinew wrapped, in h
Classification
  • Edged
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1840
Culture
  • Hidatsa?
  • Crow?
  • Mandan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Upper Missouri River
Materials Wool Glass Sinew Wood Puma hide
Dimensions Overall: 117 x 24.5 x 11 cm (46 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 13
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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