Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Western artist John Mix Stanley (1814-1872); inherited by his wife Alice English Stanley (1838-1891); sold to sculptor Julius Theodore Melchers (1829-1903) at an unknown date; inherited by his son, artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932); donated to MAI by Gari Melchers in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Southwest (attributed)
- Previous owner
- John Mix Stanley (J.M. Stanley), Non-Indian, 1814-1872
- Alice English Stanley (Alice Craig Morgan English/Mrs. John Mix Stanley), Non-Indian, 1838-1891
- Previous seller
- Alice English Stanley (Alice Craig Morgan English/Mrs. John Mix Stanley), Non-Indian, 1838-1891
- Previous owner
- Julius Theodore Melchers, Non-Indian, 1829-1903
- Gari Melchers (Gari Julius Melchers/Julius Garibaldi Melchers), Non-Indian, 1860-1932
- Donor
- Gari Melchers (Gari Julius Melchers/Julius Garibaldi Melchers), Non-Indian, 1860-1932
- Date created
- 1860-1870
- Object Name
- Bow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, sinew
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
