Quiver, made of bark and covered with a black substance. The cap is made from animal hide. [MJD 20/12/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Quiver, made of bark and covered with a black substance. The cap is made from animal hide. [MJD 20/12/2013]
Long description: Quiver, made of bark and covered with a black substance. The cap is made from animal hide. Wrapped around the top of the quiver are three bands of sinew. Tied around the rim is a length of snakeskin. The lid is tied to the top with a piece of animal skin and secured to the sinew binding.
Geographical reference: Southern Africa
Africa > Southern Africa
Cultural groups: Khoe-San
Person: Other owner Anna Burchell; Field collector William John Burchell; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1815, uncertain Date made: 1656, uncertain
Date collected: ?1810 - 1815 or 1656
Acquisition information: Transferred: 01/12/1886
Materials and processes: Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Animal Sinew, Material Snake Skin Reptile, Process Covered
Dimensions: Length: max 537 mm, Diameter: max 69 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.501.1 Other numbers: 501
Research and responses: William John Burchell was collecting in southern Africa between 1810 - 1815 and in South America between 1826 - 1829, see Biographies file for further information [AP 20/1/99]

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