Carved wooden bow / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

This bow is a recurve bow.

Tags: wood, bow, carved, sinew, string
People: possibly Apache
Places: Southwestern, Arizona, New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use, personal activity, social events, commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s):

Carved wooden bow

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Apache, Chiricahua (artist and user)

Date:

19th century - 20th century

Materials/Techniques:

wood

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Bow

Accession No:

73.284

Previous Number(s):

7336.284; 14564

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Length: 44in. (111.8cm)
Width: 1 1/2in. (3.8cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Apache, Chiricahua, archery, bow, Bows, brown, carved, carving, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, eating, food, hunting, Native American, sinew, southwest, string, targets (shields), weapons, wood

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Unknown. Carved wooden bow. 73.284. 19th century - 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/73284 (06/05/2019).

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