Bow And Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card 361742: "Bow good specimen; arrows acculturated [sic]. Bow and five arrows, probably of New England Ash, three just sharpened sticks, and two heavy blunt ends, with bark on, are probably Am. Indian, possibly from the N.E. Woodlands. Feathers on the arrows are of the Eastern U.S. Turkey. 5 arrows found, bow found. Refer to card 361,742-A for the rest of arrows." From second card 361742A: "These ten arrows do not appear to belong with the bow 361,742. They are of a type that is not known otherwise from the Am. Indian, and does not tie in elsewhere, probably means they are something that was made up in late times, not following traditional forms, or even useable construction. Shafts are heavy in diameter, and enlarge to an even heavier 8 inches at the forend where the points are made of a heavy iron nail, which is bound with a 2 inch long wrapping of heavy wire. Which makes them so heavy in the point that they would be quite impractical for effective use. They surely do not belong with the other ones originally on this cat. card. - R.A. Elder 9/1963 there were not 20 arrows, only 15 alltogether."
label: Notes
content: 10 arrows (these are the arrows described on card 361742-A). Appear to be throwing darts as they have no nocks and are *maybe* a game set because only one arrow has white fletchings.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 16
place: label: Place
content: Plains (not certain), United States / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E361742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow