Quiver Item Number: K4.224 a-m from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dark brown leather quiver with a fitted cap (parts a and b) and eleven arrows (parts c-m). Case molded of wet leather. Arrows consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end.
Item History
- Made in Tanzania
- Collected during 1916
- 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
- K4.224 a-m
- Type of Item
- quiver
- Material
- leather skin, feather, iron metal and reed grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- moulded, spliced, fletched and set
- Overall
- height 61.0 cm, diameter 6.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maasai
- 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
- Collection Date
- during 1916
- Ownership Date
- before February 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1954
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1856/0019 a-m