Bow

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Date created: 1880-1900

Culture/People: possibly Southern Plains (attributed)
Artist/Maker: Goyathlay (Geronimo/Guyiatle), Chiricahua Apache, ca. 1825-1909
Previous owner: John Willhigh, Non-Indian; Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous seller: Charles H. Hickman (C. H. Hickman), Non-Indian, 1867-1959
Previous owner: J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Seller: J. T. Fleming (James Thomas Fleming), Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Presenter/funding source: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-

Collection History: Said to have been made for John Willhigh (a boy); bequeathed by John Willhigh to Charles H. Hickman (1867-1959, a Methodist minister who worked in Oklahoma from 1915 to 1935); purchased by J. T. Fleming (1889-1968, a developer in Sun City, Florida) from Charles Hickman in 1941; purchased by MAI from J.T. Fleming in 1947 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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Place: Oklahoma; USA (inferred)

See related items: Southern Plains; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/418
Barcode: 210418.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Bow
Media/Materials: Wood, sinew
Techniques: Painted, carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bf267675-4b3e-45ea-aae4-a7c865e2f5fe

Record ID: NMAI_224658