Game Arrows 6
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: From card: "Refer: USNM. A.R. 1896, pl.3, p 686. BAE 24th A.R., pl. IX, p. 388 [listed under incorrect catalogue # 159913]." Identified in BAE 24th Annual Report as maple wood arrows with carved and painted designs. Arrows are thrown with the hand, like a javelin, and the player who throws farthest, wins. It is a man's game.
label: Notes
content: Six wooden arrows, forward third of each forming point triangular in cross section, points incised and painted with geometric and representational motifs including pipes, lances, fans, and otter. Shafts fletched with three split feathers. 29" (74 cm). Records: It is thrown with the hand like a javelin; the player who throws it the farthest wins. It is a man's game. Illustrated in: USNM-AR 1896, 686, pl. 3; BAE-AR 24, 388, pl. IX. (C,ML). (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: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
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: E152913-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Arrow