Rawhide bolas
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Description
- Title
- Rawhide bolas
- Contributor
-
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902.
Sitting Bull,--1831-1890. - Published / Created
- [1870]
- Copyright Date
- [circa 1870-1895]
- Abstract
-
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of moccasins, and a quiver containing a bow and arrows, as well as a revolver owned by Salsbury.
Nathan Salsbury (1846-1902), Civil War veteran, actor, and theatrical entrepreneur; after 1884 co-owner, producer and manager of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show."
- Description
- One twisted rawhide bolas with three rawhide-covered weights, and measuring 121 cm in length. Used to capture running game during a hunt, the bolas is unmarked and its original owner is unidentified.
- Extent
- 1 bolas : 121 cm.
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-3019
- Collection Title
- [Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
- Collection / Other Creator
- Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902, collector.
- Collection Date
- [circa 1870-1895]
- Container / Volume
- Box 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- three dimensional object
- Genre
- Bolas (projectile weapons)--United States--19th century.
- Resource Type
- Tools, Equipment & Instruments
- Subject (Name)
-
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902.
Sitting Bull,--1831-1890. - Subject (Topic)
-
Theatrical managers--United States.
Wild west shows.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Citation
- Nathan Salsbury, Objects Associated with Buffalo Bill. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 12442385
- Object ID (OID)
- 16057779
- More Information
- http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?&CN=WA_MSS_S-3019
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