Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCQUIV1457

Category: Bows-Quivers

Region: Southwest

Tribe: Apache - Jicarilla

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Native tanned buckskin, wool cloth, wood, sinew, feathers, iron arrow points.

Description: Thick native tanned buckskin (probably elk) quiver and bowcase that has two scalloped tabs with cutouts on the top and fringe hanging on the bottom. The quiver has a wood stay that is buckskin-wrapped with black wool cloth and a leather cuff around the mouth. The bow is sinew backed. The quiver contains 14 arrows. A shoulder strap is made of buckskin.

Dimensions: Quiver length 26 inches bow case length 42 inches

Provenance:

Museum acquisition dates on bow case, bow and arrows are 1894.
Richard R. Pohrt Sr.

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 187

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