Bow & Arrows Item Number: E76296-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 OBJECT WITH THIS NUMBER SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885. Ledger indicates 1 object with this number sent to T.F. Spangler 2-1886.According to the accession record, Swan acquired 2 crabapple wood bows, with arrows, and 2 mountain yew wood bows, with arrows, from the maker, Tahahowtl or Byron, a Makah Indian of Neah Bay, Washington. These objects were catalogued as numbers E76294 - E76297.See Cat. 122 p. 195 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. Entry is one arrow, Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.433, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E76296.
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received on June 19, 1885
What
- Name
- Bow & Arrows
- Identification Number
- E76296-0
- Type of Item
- arrow
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on June 19, 1885
Other
- Accession Number
- 016163