Quiver

Museum number:
5-2442a-g
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Accession number:
Acc.1663
Description:
A) Cylindrical bark proj. point carrying case with raw-hide caps; 10'' (25.4 cm) length; sinew-wrapped. B) Detachable steel point. C) Steel point wrapped with sinew. D & E) Length of steel-cold hammered to make point. F) Unhammered iron. G) Wooden foreshaft.
Donor:
Albert B. Elsasser and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
South West Africa; Tsumkwe; near Grootfontein; Kalahari Desert, Bushmen
Collector:
Albert B. Elsasser
Collection date:
Summer 1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Quivers
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #130: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Albert B. Elsasser (April 29, 1968–May 1, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Quiver, accession number 5-2442a-g, described as A) Cylindrical bark proj. point carrying case with raw-hide caps; 10'' (25.4 cm) length; sinew-wrapped. B) Detachable steel point. C) Steel point wrapped with sinew. D & E) Length of steel-cold hammered to make point. F) Unhammered iron. G) Wooden foreshaft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Quiver, accession number 5-2442a-g, described as A) Cylindrical bark proj. point carrying case with raw-hide caps; 10'' (25.4 cm) length; sinew-wrapped. B) Detachable steel point. C) Steel point wrapped with sinew. D & E) Length of steel-cold hammered to make point. F) Unhammered iron. G) Wooden foreshaft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quiver, accession number 5-2442a-g, described as A) Cylindrical bark proj. point carrying case with raw-hide caps; 10'' (25.4 cm) length; sinew-wrapped. B) Detachable steel point. C) Steel point wrapped with sinew. D & E) Length of steel-cold hammered to make point. F) Unhammered iron. G) Wooden foreshaft.

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