Bow, Quiver, and 13 Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: 1. Bow: Single curved wooden shaft, twisted sinew cord. 51" (129 cm) 2. Bow case and quiver: Commercial leather connected with carrying strap, fringed at top and bottom. Awl case and fire pouch attached; fire pouch contained two sections of steel file, hollow wooden cone (for tinder?) and metal ring. 44" (112 cm) 3. Arrows: Twelve grooved wooden shafts, several painted, all fletched with three split feathers, four with elongated triangular metal points. 26.25" (67 cm). [Update 2024: One additional arrow with elongated metal point found misnumbered 157895, formerly ET1776]. Records: Illustrated in SI-AR 1893, 679, pl. 82. (C). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Apr 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152895-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Quiver / Bow Case / Arrow / Awl Case / Fire Bag / Steel / Ring / Tinder Container