Bow And Arrows Item Number: E2790-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "NO. 2790 ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT, 1893; PL. 50; FIG. 7; P. 679. 8/17/66: INVENTORIED."These objects are Peale # 132. Peale numbers 132 - 134 are described as "Bows and arrows used by the natives of the northwest coast of America, near Fort Simpson, presented by the officers of the Hon. Hudson Bay Comp [Hudson's Bay Company]."Bow and 7 arrows.
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada between 1838 and 1842
- Received from United States Exploring Expedition during 1858
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian and Gitksan
- Received from
- United States Exploring Expedition
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1838 and 1842
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050