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Object Number
2016.26.5
Display Title
Quiver with curare-tipped darts, attached gourd containing silk cotton
Descriptions
Object Description
Quiver with incised design containing curare-tipped darts, attached gourd containing silky plant fiber; feather decoration on quiver
Inventory Description
Quiver, tubular wood, incised designs, feathers attached with fiber cordage, thin narrow darts, gourd attached to side
Classification
- Quiver
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1960s
Culture
- Quechua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Materials
Wood , Gourd , Plant fiber , Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 41 × 13 × 9 cm (16 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2016.26.5
Credit Line
Gift of Helen Arnold in Memory of her husband, Wynn Edmund Arnold
Provenance
Collector
Wynn Edmund Arnold
(1970-1973)
Donor
Donated by
Helen Arnold
(12/21/2016)
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