Dart Quiver Item Number: B443 a-qq from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Fur quiver containing two smaller skin quivers and 40 small darts. Three of the darts have conical balsa wood plugs at their pointed ends; one dart has a metal arrowhead at one end; rest of dart have two pointed ends, one that is less sharp then the other.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ? before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1930
- Owned by Nina Burnett-Potts before 1953
- Received from Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor) during 1953
What
- Name
- Dart Quiver
- Identification Number
- B443 a-qq
- Type of Item
- quiver
- Material
- metal, skin, bamboo grass and balsa wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- split and carved
- Overall
- height 4.2 cm, width 30.3 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1930 and before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair