Aboriginal Weapons and Pipe

 
Database ID25991
InstitutionSaskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/CollectionSaskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection
SeriesS-B
File/Item ReferenceS-B356
Date of creationn.d.
Physical description/extent1 photograph; 9 x 13
Number of images1
Scope and contentA photograph of various Aboriginal artifacts including a bow and quiver with arrows, a flintlock pistol, an axe head, and a pipe. On the back is inscribed "This bow is half wood and half sinew There is no other like it in Canada. The Two long painted arrows were used on Buffalo. The gun is a flint lock." Presumably from a private collection in Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the back is typed "The Pender Agencies . . . Medicine Hat Canada".
Restrictions on accessSee Saskatchewan Archives Board
Copyright holderUnknown
Copyright expiry dateUnknown
TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointSaskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection
Language of materialEnglish
PlaceMedicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 4
Treaty 6
Treaty 7
Cultural regionPlains
SubjectWarfare -- Weapons
Art and Artifacts
Art and Artifacts -- Tools
Art and Artifacts -- Stonework
Culture
Culture -- Spirituality
Hunting and Trapping
Date Range(s)1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
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