Quiver, arrows, and rod

Museum number:

2-4831a-bb

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21024831a@2dbb

Alternate number:

16 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.14

Description:

(a) quiver: mountain lion pelt; red wool; multicolor beadwork trim; fringe; wood. Rod: beadwork, yellow - dyed horsehair at base. (b - bb) arrows: 27 arrows with metal points (1 missing); fletched; painted bands; sinew attachments.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Great Plains, North America

Culture or time period:

Kiowa

Collector:

Hugh Lenox Scott

Collection date:

1901

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Arrows (projectiles) and Quivers

Context of use:

Hunting, warfare.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 1.04 centimeters, length 67 centimeters, and 69 centimeters

Comment:

4 arrows recatalogued as 2 - 50130 a - d. Photo: 15-6068. Published: Ill. AAE XIII, 9, Pl. 55, fig. 1, 2, 3 (arrows). Exhibited: quiver only, UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971.

Loans:

S1955-1956 #2: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Michael J. Harner (October 19, 1955–October 19, 1955), S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)

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