Bow, Bow-Case, Quiver & Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
label: Collector
content: William Courtenay
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: For similar sinew-backed compound horn bows, see E6326 (Hidatsa) and E8419 (Arikara) as well as American Museum of Natural History 50.1/7363 (Hidatsa). The production and use of sinew backed horn bows is detailed in Notes on the Hidatsa Indians Based on Data Recorded by the Late Gilbert Wilson, Anthropological Papers, American Museum of Natural History v.56, pt.2, Bella Weitzner (1979, pp.229-235). Culture identification changed from Sioux to Hidatsa, Arikara, or Mandan by Candace Greene May 2017 based on a full review of the collecting history and consideration of general stylistic traits.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hidatsa (?)
label: Culture
content: Arikara (Sahnish) (?)
label: Culture
content: Mandan (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E154015-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Quiver / Bow Case / Arrow