Bow and Four Arrows
Coast Salish
Northwest Coast
about 1841
Wood, sinew, leather, feathers, iron, and obsidian
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired from the Smithsonian Institution
13.1.579
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Lt. Robert E. Johnson, Ship Vincennes, U.S. Exploring Expedition (Peale no. 177), 1841; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (no. 2752), 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880's; catalogued, 1913.
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