Quiver of grey fur, with an attached lid that is secured with a stitched strip of fur. For the associated arrows see 1992.39.8 .2

Collection type: Object
Description: Quiver of grey fur, with an attached lid that is secured with a stitched strip of fur. For the associated arrows see 1992.39.8 .2 - .4 [ASh [OPS move] 6/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Near Bundibugyo near Ntandi village
Cultural groups: Twa
Person: Field collector Judith Knight; PRM source Judith Knight
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1992
Date collected: August 1992
Acquisition information: Donated: 1992
Materials and processes: Material Animal Fur Skin, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 540 mm, Depth: max 29 mm, Width: max 97 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1992.39.8.1
Research and responses: A number of Nilotic quivers are published by Boccassino in: R. Boccassino, 1960, "Contributo allo studio dell’ ergologia delle popolazioni Nilotiche e Nilo-camitche", Annali Lateranensi XXIV, figures 146-165, and pp 384-6, mostly from groups such as the Bari, Dinka and Alur. Trowell and Wachsmann also discuss skin quivers briefly, which appear amongst Ugandan groups such as the Alur, Acholi, Kakwa, Kuku, Madi, Lugbara, Amba and Gishu (Trowell, M. & Wachsmann, K.P., 1953, Tribal Crafts of Uganda, p. 251).

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