Bow & Arrows Item Number: E76294-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
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.Catalogue card indicates that a bow and 2 arrows with this number were sent to the Trocadero Museum, France, July 1885.
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
- E76294-0
- 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