Quiver. [BS [OPS move] 11/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Quiver. [BS [OPS move] 11/9/2017]
Long description: Quiver. Formed of a central oval sectioned bark covered container, flanked by two carved wooden plates with stylised ogee edges. These are bound to the container by wrapped strips of bark. The lid is formed of a folded strip of bark and is connected by twisted cord to the container. There is a central decoratively carved rib attached to the front of the container via the bark strips also, featuring foliate and geometric designs. [BS [OPS move] 11/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Hokkaido
Cultural groups: Ainu アイヌ
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1892
Date collected: By 1892
Acquisition information: Purchased: 05/1892
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Hollowed
Dimensions: Width: max 143 mm, Length: max 615 mm excluding string, Depth: max 55 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1892.56.51
Research and responses: Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]