Bows, arrows & quivers

Animal skin quiver with attached bow case (in two fragments) and strap. Beading around the edge of the opening and on one half near the opening. Beaded, triangular strip attached beside opening. Beading around closed end. Penn Museum.

Cowhide, wool cloth, wood, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, hide thong/babiche. Montana. Formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) and possibly collected by him when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; purchased by MAI from Christian Schuster in 1953. NMAI .

Culture/ People: Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]. Possible Collector: De Cost Smith (DeCost Smith), Non-Indian, 1864-1939. Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin, wood, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, sinew, paint. Dimensions: 110 x 24 x 10 cm. Place: Standing Rock Reservation; North Dakota; USA. Date created: circa 1870. Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of De Cost Smith (1864-1939, a Western painter) and possibly collected by him between 1884 and...

Penn Museum.

Penn Museum.

Community wall photos - Индейская Америка - 1884 photos

Quiver, Cheyenne. Buffalo calf skin. A. Bureau Of American Ethnology, James Mooney. May 1892. Cheyenne And Arapaho Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory. NMNH - Anthropology Dep.

Comanche Mountain Lion Bowcase and Quiver fourth quarter 19th century thread and sinew-sewn bowcase and quiver, having fringed end caps; lightly beaded with lanes on the quiver opening and accenting red wool decorations on the strap; overall length 40 inches notched bow with barked backing; red and black painted blocked elements; length 48 inches eight metal-tipped arrows, some painted; average length 26-1/4 inches This lot is located in Cincinnati.