Quiver
- Object Name:
- Quiver
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.003.1
- Place of Origin:
- New Mexico
- Date:
- 1870
- Description:
- Indian quiver, leather. Rawhide quiver containing 16 arrows. Quiver fringed on both sides. Attached bow case also fringed. Red painted decoration on bow case. Remnants of red wool. Decorated rawhide shoulder strap. 11 arrows have steel points, one has a stone point, and four have no point.
- Material:
- Leather
Wood
Stone
Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-7 L-26 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Described by Harmon as "Indian War Bow, Quivers, and Arrows, used by Faustino, War Capt. of the Isilata Band of the Nez Perces tribe of Indians, New Mexico. The bow was used by him fifteen years."
A photograph of "Faustino, War Captain of Acoma," by Charles F. Lummis, 1892, is in the collection of the Palace of the Governors (New Mexico History Museum). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Bow & arrows, Native Americans, Pueblos
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