Arrow, quiver

Museum number:
5-4190a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054190a@2dc
Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Collector:
Paul Hinderling
Collection date:
August 1, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Quivers
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, quiver, accession number 5-4190a-c, described as A) Quiver (godoma); leather wrapped around wood staves; leather carrying strap; 48 cm long; 3 pendant fur strips. B-C) Arrows (svlam); grass stalk shaft, barbed iron pt. bound on with sinew; 62 cm long each. Made by men; used in hunting, war, and funerals by men and young men.

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