Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Niuam (Comanche)
- Lender
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Object Name
- Bow, bowcase, and arrow
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide, wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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