Decorated reindeer-skin quiver, adapted for use as a household receptacle. The top half has a drawstring tie and blue, white, red and black beads.

Collection type: Object
Description: Decorated reindeer-skin quiver, adapted for use as a household receptacle. The top half has a drawstring tie and blue, white, red and black beads.
Long description: Decorated reindeer-skin quiver, adapted for use as a household receptacle. The top half has a drawstring tie, below this is decorated with beadwork featuring bands of stripes and a cross motif with diverging base in blue, white, red and black beads. There are also hide tassels with beads strung onto them. [BS [OPS move] 15/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia; Siberia
Cultural groups: Evenk; Tungus
Person: Field collector Maria Antonina Czaplicka; PRM source Maria Antonina Czaplicka; PRM source Committee for Anthropology, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1915
Materials and processes: Material Reindeer Skin Animal, Material Bead, Material Textile, Material Animal Hair, Process Decorated, Process Beadwork, Process Recycled
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 240 mm, Length: max 965 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1915.50.42