Rattlesnake Skin Covered Bow
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Wood, snakeskin
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: Unspecified
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #006079
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Provenance:
National Museum of American Indian record: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Erastus T. Tefft (1877-1935, a New York stockbroker and collector of Indian artifacts); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with Erastus Tefft in 1905. The NMAI label attached to object states: Bow covered with rattlesnake skin Crow 006079
Citation:
Rattlesnake Skin Covered Bow. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #006079.000). Video by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo & Susie Kelly, 2005.
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly
Keywords:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Erastus T. (1877-1935)
Carved
Video
Rattlesnake skin
Wood
Tefft
material-culture