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Quiver

Object Name:
Quiver
Object ID:
1966.545.039.2
Creator:
Plains Indian
Date:
1850-1900
Description:
Indian quiver, leather. Rawide quiver containing 14 arrows. Quiver is fringed on base.
Bow case is attached to quiver. No decoration. Remnants of gray wool. Wooden dowel inserted at quiver seam, with rawhide lacing. Perforated rawhide shoulder strap. 11 arrows have steel points and three have no point.
Material:
Tissue
Leather
Wood
Metal
Steel
Feather
Dimensions:
W-6 L-26.5 D-1.5 inches
Provenance:
Collected by Horace W. Harmon in the late 1890s. Entry #39 in Catalogue of Curios Collected by H. W. Harmon: "Indian Bow Quiver and bow case and arrows".
Credit Line:
Gift of Horace W. Harmon
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