Quiver and arrows

Museum number:
3-27789
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3303
Description:
Quiver with 31 arrows; (a) quiver: deerskin, length 73 cm including flap; (b) arrows; fletched, blunt arrows with sinew binding and bands of red pigment at fletched ends; all are cane and wood with sinew binding where the two meet, except c, d, h, l, n, s, u, and ee, which are wood alone; range of length 57-59 cm each. Cane (Phragmites sp.), wood, feathers, red pigment, sinew.
Donor:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection place:
San Sebastián del Oeste village, Jalisco state, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Jalisco; San Sebastian village; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection date:
1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Quivers
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Quiver and arrows, accession number 3-27789, described as Quiver with 31 arrows; (a) quiver: deerskin, length 73 cm including flap; (b) arrows; fletched, blunt arrows with sinew binding and bands of red pigment at fletched ends; all are cane and wood with sinew binding where the two meet, except c, d, h, l, n, s, u, and ee, which are wood alone; range of length 57-59 cm each. Cane (Phragmites sp.), wood, feathers, red pigment, sinew.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Quiver and arrows, accession number 3-27789, described as Quiver with 31 arrows; (a) quiver: deerskin, length 73 cm including flap; (b) arrows; fletched, blunt arrows with sinew binding and bands of red pigment at fletched ends; all are cane and wood with sinew binding where the two meet, except c, d, h, l, n, s, u, and ee, which are wood alone; range of length 57-59 cm each. Cane (Phragmites sp.), wood, feathers, red pigment, sinew.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quiver and arrows, accession number 3-27789, described as Quiver with 31 arrows; (a) quiver: deerskin, length 73 cm including flap; (b) arrows; fletched, blunt arrows with sinew binding and bands of red pigment at fletched ends; all are cane and wood with sinew binding where the two meet, except c, d, h, l, n, s, u, and ee, which are wood alone; range of length 57-59 cm each. Cane (Phragmites sp.), wood, feathers, red pigment, sinew.

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