Quiver Item Number: K4.212 a-r from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long dark brown coloured tubular lidded quiver (parts a-b). Both wooden and bamboo arrows (parts c-q) are feathered, and secured with skin and fibre. Quiver (part b) has been lightly tooled with curved line patterns. Arrowhead (part r) goes with arrow (part p).
History Of Use
Iron headed arrows are for hunting larger game, wooden headed arrows are for birds.
Cultural Context
hunting and warfare
Item History
- Made in Tanzania
- Collected between 1916 and 1918
- Owned by A. McPhee Warner
- Owned by Lillian Warner before August 1954
- Received from Lillian Warner (Donor) during August 1954
What
- Name
- Quiver
- Identification Number
- K4.212 a-r
- Type of Item
- quiver
- Material
- wood, feather, bamboo grass, iron metal and leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn, forged, feathered and carved
- Overall
- height 76.2 cm, diameter 7.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maasai ?
- Previous Owner
- A. McPhee Warner and Lillian Warner
- Received from
- Lillian Warner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tanzania
When
- Collection Date
- between 1916 and 1918
- Ownership Date
- before August 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2177/0024 a-r