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The Game of Arrows |
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60.5 Tall • Bronze • Sold Out |
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| This sculpture depicts a Mandan archer engaged in "The Game of Arrows"; an event witnessed by George Catlin about 1833. He reported that the most distinguished archers gathered on the prairie, each one having paid an entrance fee such as a shield, robe, or pipe. In turn, they shot their arrows into the air to see who could get the greatest number flying at one time, the winner taking everything that was brought by the other archers for entrance fees as their prize. It was written that the winner of this particular gathering achieved eight arrows in flight before the first one struck the ground. |
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