Bow and Three Arrows
Ute
Great Basin
1881
Wood and feathers
Overall: 2.95 ft. (0.9 m)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Possibly acquired in an exchange from the Smithsonian Institution
13.1.580
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Provenance
Possibly collected by Lt. Robert E. Johnson, Ship Vincennes, U.S. Exploring Expedition, about 1841; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (possibly no. 2756), 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880's; catalogued, 1913.
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