A Crow / Nez Perce Otter Skin Bow Case and Quiver ...

Description

A Crow / Nez Perce Otter Skin Bow Case and Quiver
c. 1880

otter skin, red wool trade cloth, cotton cloth, muslin, hide, glass seed beads

In a letter dated February 8, 1984, Bill Holm, Curator of the Burke Museum, writes about his familiarity with this bowcase and quiver and provides his opinion that it was made from two different bowcase-quiver sets before it left Indian hands. He considered it a very fine example ... among the most complete sets know to him.

c.f. Bill Holm, "The Crow-Nez Perce Otterskin Bowcase-Quiver," American Indian Art Magazine, Autumn 1981, p. 61.

Provenance:
Originally purchased from the Looking Glass Family
Drew Bax Collection, acquired before 1970
David Sellan, acquired from the above
Steve Honen, Seattle, WA, acquired from the above
Howard Roloff, Sidney, BC, acquired from the above
Tom Julian, acquired from the above
Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, acquired from the above
Mark Jackson, acquired from the above
Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, acquired from the above
Peter Schramm, acquired from the above
Acquired from Grimmer-Roche, Santa Fe, NM

Length: 66 inches

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