Quiver
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1899
Materials
wood & leather
Measurements
545 mm (H); 110 mm (Dia)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107264
Summary
Quiver and arrow set. Quiver made from leather-covered wood containing eight arrows, the shape bulges in the centre where a circular hole has been cut from the leather revealing the wood underneath. It has a lid that is attached by a piece of leather cord. Used by the Mishmi tribe, who reside along the border of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 'An Assamese Frontier leather quiver containing thirteen arrows - Mishmi Tribes' (Christie's entry)
Full description
Health Hazard: Poison tipped arrows
Provenance
Curzon Collection acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to The National Trust in 1986.