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1976.14.1.1

Quiver. [BS [OPS move] 12/10/2017]

1976.14.1.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Quiver. [BS [OPS move] 12/10/2017]
Long description
Quiver. Cylindrical bamboo core covered with leather stitched with a longitudinal seam. The base is formed of four leather flaps which had been stitched together. At the opposite end the neck is fringed with leather strips and there is a leather pommel attached with plaited leather. [BS [OPS move] 12/10/2017]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
North Nigeria
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Mrs John A. Daniell
PRM source Leicester Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1976
Date collected
By 1976
Acquisition information
Donated: 1976
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Yarn, Process Covered, Process Stitched, Process Decorated, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 617 mm, Depth: max 73 mm, Width: max 112 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1976.14.1.1
Research and responses

Please note that the first name of Daniell was located on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 24/3/2004]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Quiver

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