Bow And Quiver
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
label: Collection Date
content: June 12, 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. C. S. DeGraw
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A KIOWA BOW, BOWCASE AND QUIVER. THE BOW IS FIFTY INCHES IN LENGTH, MADE OF BOIS D'ARC. THE CASE AND QUIVER ARE OF BUFFALO HIDE. THESE WERE PICKED UP DURING THE PURSUIT OF THE INDIANS, JUNE 12, 1867, WHO STAMPEDED THE CAVALRY HERD AT FORT DODGE, KANSAS. CONTRIBUTED BY ASST. SURGEON C. S. DEGRAW, USA. (AMM NOTES)."
label: Notes
content: 1. Bow: Single-curve wooden shaft, twisted sinew string. Written on inside of shaft: "Fort Dodge Kansas, Dr. C.S. DeGraw, USA. Kiowa Bow." 50.5" (128 cm) 2. Quiver and bow case: Furred hide fringed top and bottom connected by carrying strap. 45" (114 cm) 3. Arrow: Feathered shaft, point missing. Additional unworked sticks found in quiver and bow case. Records: These were picked up during the pursuit of the Indians who stampeded the Cavalry herd at Fort Dodge, Kansas, on June 12, 1867. Contributed by Asst. Surgeon C.S. Degraw. (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: 22 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Ft. Dodge, Kansas, 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: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow / Quiver / Bow Case / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bow
content: 127 cm