Bow and arrow

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Culture/People: Kiowa
Artist/Maker: Padl-te (Podl-adl-te'), Kiowa
Seller agent: Jake Tingley (Jacob Chauncy Tingley/J.C. Tingley), Non-Indian, 1880-1965
Seller: Oklahoma Indian Store
MAI agent: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1923 from the Oklahoma Indian Store (Anadarko, Oklahoma), operated by Jake Tingley (1880-1965), during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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Place: Oklahoma; USA

See related items: Kiowa; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 12/871
Barcode: 120871.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Bow and arrow
Media/Materials: Wood, feather/feathers, paint, steel, sinew
Techniques: Carved, wrapped, painted
Dimensions: 130 x 13 x 4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6955f41d0-fe3a-41ea-b844-bd8653235d47

Record ID: NMAI_130150