Leather-covered wooden quiver with detached lid. For associated leather strap with dagger sheath and stone see [1884.17.8 .2] [EH [OPS move] 9/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather-covered wooden quiver with detached lid. For associated leather strap with dagger sheath and stone see [1884.17.8 .2] [EH [OPS move] 9/10/2017]
Long description: Leather-covered wooden quiver with detached lid. The quiver is cylindrical, with a wider base. The lid is made from hide decorated with bands of impressed designs, and was previously attached to the body of the quiver by a looped leather strap decorated with red beads, but this strap has broken. Leather strap with attached dagger sheath and sharpening stone [1884.17.8 .2] slides over the outside of the quiver. [EH [OPS move] 9/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Somalia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Somalia; Unknown
Cultural groups: Somali
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected: ?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Impressed, Process Covered
Dimensions: Length: max 440 mm, Diameter: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.17.8.1 PR no.: 108/ 12099
Research and responses: Eugene Boban 35 Rue du Sommerard, Nr Cluny Museum Paris [see 1884.51.3]. See Chris Spring, 1993: Chapter 6 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Quiver

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