Trial of Skill - with the Bow and Arrow

ca. 1837

26 cm 18.7 cm

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While at the rendezvous of trappers, Miller had frequent opportunities to observe "trials of skill," one of the Indians' chief amusements. Of course, they bet on the results - beaver pelts against blankets, beads against wampum, pipes against tobacco. "This proceeds," Miller w...

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Bonamy Mansell Power; Edward Power [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Major G. H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England; Power Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 6, 1966, no. 74; Walters Art Museum, May 6, 1966, by purchase.
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