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Throwing Arrow
Dakota1875/1900
Grand Teton National Park, National Park Service
Moose, WY, United States
Several tribes of the Northern Plains and Great Lakes played a winter game called snow snake with an arrow like this. Constructed of a rod, end of a bison horn, and feathers, these arrows were made to slide along a frozen crust or in a rut in the snow.
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Details
- Title: Throwing Arrow
- Creator: Dakota
- Date: 1875/1900
- Location: Plains
- Contributor: Grand Teton National Park, National Park Service
- Photographer: David Swift
- Measurements: L 40, Dia 3.8 cm
- Material: Wood, horn, feathers
- Current Location: Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center
- Catalog Number: GRTE 5384
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