Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Emil W. Lenders (1864-1934, a Western genre painter who also travelled with Wild West Shows); purchased by George Heye from Emil Lenders in 1909.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Central California (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Emil W. Lenders (Emil William Lenders/E. W. Lenders), Non-Indian, 1864-1934
- Seller
- Emil W. Lenders (Emil William Lenders/E. W. Lenders), Non-Indian, 1864-1934
- Object Name
- Bow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, sinew
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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