Quiver with arrows

Museum number:
5-16850a-h
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
27 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Object count:
8
Description:
quiver (a) created by hollowing out a tree branch with uncured hide cap at base and leather attached with uncured hide strips. exterior has been finished by removing bark and smoothing surface. contains 4 arrows (b-h), 3 of which are made in 2 pieces. arrows made wood and reed, with metal triangular tips and sinew bindings. composite arrow tops sections fit into reed bases.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Hide (collagenous material), Metal, Reed, Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Quivers
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
hunting small animals
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
d— length 25 centimeters, f— length 21.5 centimeters, g— width 1.1 centimeters, e— length 19.4 centimeters, h— length 23.5 centimeters, c— length 14 centimeters, a— length 42 centimeters, e— width 1.1 centimeters, c— width 0.9 centimeters, g— length 12.6 centimeters, b— width 1 centimeters, a— diameter 3.6 centimeters, and b— length 34.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Quiver with arrows, accession number 5-16850a-h, described as quiver (a) created by hollowing out a tree branch with uncured hide cap at base and leather attached with uncured hide strips. exterior has been finished by removing bark and smoothing surface. contains 4 arrows (b-h), 3 of which are made in 2 pieces. arrows made wood and reed, with metal triangular tips and sinew bindings. composite arrow tops sections fit into reed bases.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Quiver with arrows, accession number 5-16850a-h, described as quiver (a) created by hollowing out a tree branch with uncured hide cap at base and leather attached with uncured hide strips. exterior has been finished by removing bark and smoothing surface. contains 4 arrows (b-h), 3 of which are made in 2 pieces. arrows made wood and reed, with metal triangular tips and sinew bindings. composite arrow tops sections fit into reed bases.

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