The Largest Early Western & American Indian Sale of the Summer - July 13th
Sat, Jul 13, 2019 12:00PM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 194
Northern Cheyenne Bow & Arrows 1870 Dakota Museum
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,500
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The lot features a wonderfully authentic 19th Century Northern Cheyenne Native American Indian bow & arrow set from the Dakota Frontier Museum and Arnold Marcus Chernoff collections. The bow shows a solid wood hand carved construction with reinforced support slats secured with tanned hide and a wrap of old blue and red trade clothe. Slatted support grips were very common on Plains bows used in warfare and fighting rather than for hunting purposes during the Indian Wars period. The end of the bow shows hand carved notches which are accented by mineral pigment green ocher paint. The set also includes two arrows with each having the original iron trade points and the original fletching feathers which are sinew sewn. The arrows also show red and black or dark blue mineral pigment ocher painted accents and the central gripping area of the bow also shows a red ocher dyed finish. Provenance: The piece was purchased from the Dakota Frontier Museum deaccession sale after its closing in the 1970’s by Arnold Marcus Chernoff and was later sold to author and collector Mark Francis at Chernoff’s home in Chicago in the mid-1980’s. The set was pictured in the 2009 book "The Mark Francis Collection of American Indian Art" by Mark Francis on page 138 figure 215. The bow measures overall 44 inches in length and the arrows are 26 ¼ inches long. A very nice original set from a document museum.
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