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Custer Battlefield Cheyenne Long Bow

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Custer Battlefield Cheyenne Long Bow
42” long curved bow with remaining blue, red and green paint and a sinew string. Fine condition, c 1870. Mounted and framed in plexiglas, 45” x 17” x 6” PROVENANCE: Acquired at the Mary E Abshire (1923-1963) Estate Auction (Lot 1-5 Woodring Collection) held in Oklahoma City on Oct 17th & 18, 1964. Includes the flyer and original eleven page printed & stapled catalog from that 1964 auction. Also includes a 1992 handwritten 3 x 5 index card signed by William M Kellar stating that I bought this bow at the Mary Adshire Auction at the Ramada Inn in Oklahoma City in 1964. It has been in my possession since that time. I bought several thousand dollars worth of listed items and have since sold all of it. I didn’t decide to sell the bow until last year when my son seemed disinterested in inheriting it.