Quiver

Museum number:
2-6594a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026594a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2787 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Chugach and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
October 1986
Materials:
Wood (plant material) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Quivers and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Novelty based on traditional Kodiak or Chugach quiver.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 91 centimeters, a— length 89 centimeters, and b— diameter 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second original number is B609. References: Birket-Smith, Chugach Eskimo and Early Collections from the Pacific Eskimo. Molly Lee, "Pacific Eskimo Spruce Root Basketry" in American Indian Art magazine, Spring 1981.
Loans:
S2000-2001 #3: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (August 15, 2000–October 31, 2004)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quiver, accession number 2-6594a,b, described as With lid. Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in yellow grass stems and in red and yellow-brown wool yarn. (a) Quiver, cylinder with bulge at top. (b) Lid with rattling material inside.

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