Old Arrow Maker

Media - 1983.95.182 - SAAM-1983.95.182_1 - 62580
Copied Edmonia Lewis, Old Arrow Maker, modeled 1866, carved 1872, carved marble, 21 1⁄2 x 13 5⁄8 x 13 3⁄8 in. (54.5 x 34.5 x 34.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph S. Sinclair, 1983.95.182
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Artwork Details

Title
Old Arrow Maker
Artist
Date
modeled 1866, carved 1872
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
21 1⁄2 x 13 5⁄8 x 13 3⁄8 in. (54.5 x 34.5 x 34.0 cm.)
Markings
base right: Edmonia Lewis/Roma 1872
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph S. Sinclair
Mediums
Mediums Description
carved marble
Classifications
Keywords
  • Group
  • Figure group
  • Indian
  • Dress — Indian dress
  • Occupation — craft — arrow maker
  • Object — game — deer
Object Number
1983.95.182
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.182

Artwork Description

"At the doorway of his wigwam

Sat the ancient Arrow-maker

…

At his side, in all her beauty,

Sat the lovely Minnehaha"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Song of Hiawatha, first published 1855

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