Sinew Backed Bow
Oglala Lakota
Plains
collected about 1877-1879
Wood and sinew
Overall: 42 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (108 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edward W. Bush, Jr., Class of 1945, Tuck 1947
47.12.10805
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
Provenance
Collected by Captain Charles Akers Johnson (1840-1893) [during the time he was assigned to the Red Cloud Agency and Fort Robinson, Nebraska between 1877 and 1879]; by descent to his grand nephew Edward W. Bush, Jr. (1923-2006, Class of 1945, Tuck 1947), West Hartford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1947.
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