Quiver Item Number: K4.246 a-s from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven rectangular quiver (part a) with eighteen arrows (parts b-s). Quiver: light and dark cane woven together. Arrows: rattan (?) shafts with incised designs and long metal points attached at the head (parts b-f); rattan (?) shafts with incised designs, leather fletchings and variously shaped metal arrowheads (parts g-s); five shaft-headed arrows for birds, others for larger animals.
Item History
- Made in Tanzania
- Owned by Basil G. Hamilton and Mary E. Crawford
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum before February 1954
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution) during February 1954
What
- Name
- Quiver
- Identification Number
- K4.246 a-s
- Type of Item
- quiver
- Material
- iron metal, leather skin, stem ? and rattan ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and fletched
- Overall
- height 59.0 cm, width 11.0 cm, depth 4.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- East African
- Previous Owner
- Basil G. Hamilton, Mary E. Crawford and B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tanzania
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1954
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 100
- Accession Number
- 1856/0010 a-s