Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Elihu Barber Taft (1847-1929), a Vermont attorney who travelled extensively; purchased by MAI from Elihu Taft in 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Elihu B. Taft (Elihu Barber Taft), Non-Indian, 1847-1929
- Seller
- Elihu B. Taft (Elihu Barber Taft), Non-Indian, 1847-1929
- Object Name
- Arrow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, iron point, feather/feathers, sinew, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped, painted
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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