Bow
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet) (attributed); probably collected from the Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: Possible owner
content: Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka/Tatanka Yotanka), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1831-1890
label: Previous owner
content: Nehemiah George Ordway (N.G. Ordway), Non-Indian, 1928-1907
label: Previous owner
content: Florence Ordway Wilkins (Florence Nightingale Ordway/Mrs. Frank G. Wilkins), Non-Indian, 1856-1897
label: Previous owner
content: Nancy Sibley Wilkins, Non-Indian, 1889-1990
label: Donor
content: Nancy Sibley Wilkins, Non-Indian, 1889-1990
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have belonged to Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka, Hunkpapa Lakota, ca. 1831-1890); acquired by Nehemiah George Ordway (1928-1907, governor of the Dakota territory in the early 1880s) and his daughter Florence Ordway Wilkins (Mrs. Frank G. Wilkins, 1856-1897) at Fort Buford in 1882; inherited by her daughter Nancy Sibley Wilkins (1889-1990); donated to MAI by Nancy Sibley Wilkins in 1968.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford; Williams County; North Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: See related items
content: Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1250
label: Barcode
content: 241250.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bow
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved