COLLECTION NAME:
Omaha Indian Heritage Project
Record
Object Name:
bow case
Tribe:
Omaha
Object Type:
bow, arrow, quiver
Subject:
warfare/hunting
Description:
See notes
Primary Material:
skin
Primary Decorative:
fur
Notes:
Wa-pe' or Weapons. The Mon'-de or Bow was made of ash; the mon'de-kon or bow-string of sinew taken from along the spine of the buffalo; the Mon'-de-u-on-he or case for the Bow, the Mon'-zhi-ha or Quiver both made from finely dressed skins; the Mon or Arrow, comprised the principal weapons of the Warrior and Hunter. In the former days the Spear, Battle-club and the Shield were also carried by the Warrior. Every man had a personal mark which he put upon his arrows by which he could identify his shot, but all arrows had each a little groove cut in a wavy line along the length of the shaft to prevent the wood from warping. The measure for an arrow's length was the distance from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger and from thence to the point of the elbow"(La Flesche 1898:10-11).
Image:
noimage
Museum:
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Catalog Number:
2190
Year of Coll/Manuf:
1898ca
Provenance:
Francis La Flesche
State of Coll/Manuf:
Nebraska
Collection:
Omaha Indian Heritage Project
