Old Arrow Maker
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Object Details
- Date
- modeled 1866, carved 1872
- Artist
- Edmonia Lewis, born Greenbush (now Rensselaer), NY 1844-died London, England 1907
- Luce Object Quote
- "At the doorway of his wigwamSat the ancient Arrow-maker…At his side, in all her beauty,Sat the lovely Minnehaha"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Song of Hiawatha, first published 1855
- Topic
- Figure group
- Indian
- Dress\Indian dress
- Occupation\craft\arrow maker
- Object\game\deer
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph S. Sinclair
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- 1983.95.182
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Medium
- carved marble
- Dimensions
- 21 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (54.5 x 34.5 x 34.0 cm.)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.182