Bow, Quiver And 6 Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
label: Collection Date
content: 1867 to Jan 1869
name: label: Collector
content: James T. Ghiselin
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: RECORDS OF THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM IDENTIFY THIS ARTIFACT AS "BOW, BOW CASE, QUIVER AND SEVEN ARROWS OF THE FLAT HEAD INDIANS IN THE VICINITY OF FORT COLVILLE, W.T." LEDGER BOOK AND CATALOGUE CARD INDICATES 6 ARROWS INSTEAD OF 7. ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK NOTES 1 ARROW EXCHANGED WITH TROCADERO MUSEUM, JULY 1885. IN 1997 STEVEN L. GRAFE COMMENTED THAT THESE "FLATHEADS" WERE POSSIBLY SPOKANS AND PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTOR: GHISELIN WAS A MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE U.S. ARMY AND SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA FROM 1867 - 1874. HIS DONATION TO THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM WAS SENT IN JAN. 1869. THE MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED BEFORE THIS DATE BUT MAY HAVE COME TO GHISELIN THROUGH SECOND PARTIES AS HE WAS GENERALLY STATIONED AT OR NEAR FORT VANCOUVER BETWEEN 1867 - 1869. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 12, Plateau, Fig. 9a, p. 540.
label: Notes
content: See Cat. 41 p. 173 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. This entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.431, an arrow, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E9043.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Fort Colville (Vicinity Of), Stevens County, Washington / Washington Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Flathead (Salish?)
label: Culture
content: Spokane (Spokan, spoqín) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E9043-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Arrow / Quiver