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Object Type: Bow

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Carved wooden bow with blue, gold, clear, and green beading Unidentified Native American 84.932 wood, glass, thread, cotton
Carved wooden bow Unidentified Native American; Plains 84.1895b wood
Carved wooden Bois d'arc bow Blas Placidio Native American; Kiowa 84.3118 wood, hide (raw), horsehair
Partially stained red and black bow with some sinew wrap Unidentified Native American; possibly Apache 73.205 wood, sinew
Carved wooden bow Unidentified Native American; Apache, possibly Chiricahua 73.284 wood
Carved wooden Bois d' Arc bow Phil Cross Native American; Caddo 84.3529a wood (Bois d' Arc), hide (deer)
Wooden bow with string attached Unidentified Native American; possibly Cherokee 73.283 wood, sinew
Carved wooden bow Yellow Wolf Native American; Cherokee 73.204 wood
Curved bow strung with twisted sinew Native American; Plains 73.207 wood, sinew, pigment, horse hair, cotton string
Curved bow strung with twisted sinew Native American; Plains 73.501 wood, sinew