Quiver Item Number: Aa95 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown container of a single piece of duiker or steinbok hide, sewn at base and up one side. Top folded over and edged with red beads. Red and yellow beads and fringe of leather thongs decorate one side of quiver. Leather carrying strap sewn on decorated side. Leather of quiver and strap discoloured in places.
History Of Use
Quiver used for ceremonial arrows.
Cultural Context
Ceremonial quiver.
Iconographic Meaning
Quiver to hold arrows that are intended to carry good thoughts or wishes of the user.
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
- Name
- Quiver
- Identification Number
- Aa95
- Type of Item
- quiver
- Material
- duiker skin ?, steinbok skin ?, sinew, glass and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut and sewn
- Overall
- height 16.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0287/0083 a