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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Datec. 1834
MediumWood with paint
DimensionsOverall: 62 in. × 1 1/2 in. × 1/2 in. (157.5 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of B. W. Dwight; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.548
Not on view
DescriptionCarved bow with incised and red and blue-green painted decorations. Said to be from Snake River, near Pokegama Lake, Minnesota.
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Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
1834: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of Benjamin W. Dwight.
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
1834: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of Benjamin W. Dwight.
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on verso near center: E48; in ink on verso: "Ojibw[a Indi]ans on Snake River. Pokegama / Presented by B.W. Dwight 1834".
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood and leather
Object number: 1984.545
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood, metal, sinew, and feathers
Object number: 1984.549
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Stone with paint
Object number: 1984.550
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Wood
Object number: 1984.552
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536