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Object Number
2018.9.3
Display Title
Quiver, arrows, shafts, points
Descriptions
Object Description
Quiver; opening edged with dark blue, dark red, red and white glass beads; edges decorated with ostrich eggshell beads; holds 5 small arrows with metal points; also included are 53 arrow shafts, 10 wooden points, and 16 arrow shafts with wooden ends.
Inventory Description
Quiver, hide case, sides stitched with shell beads, colored glass beads at rim and on loop, five arrows, cane shafts, sinew wrapped, metal triangular points
Classification
- Arrow
- Quiver
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1964 or before
Culture
- San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms
Tsum Kwe
Materials
Hide Glass beads Shell Metal Sinew Cane
Dimensions
Overall: 18.5 × 5.3 × 0.5 cm (7 5/16 × 2 1/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
2018.9.3
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Provenance
Collector
Lorna Marshall
(1962)
Donor
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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