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Quiver  (Hunting/Fishing/Warfare)  "circa 1880"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1870-1890

Materials:

Otter skin/fur, woodpecker scalp/scalps, deerhide/deerskin, abalone/haliotis shell, bear grass

Techniques:

Sewn, wrapped

Dimensions:

162 x 31 x 4.5 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, California, Hupa, Native Americans, North America, Northern California

Site Name:

Northern California

State:

California

Country:

USA

Collection History:

Collected by Alexander A. Brizard (1839-1904, a shopkeeper in Arcata, California, who sold Indian baskets and other items); presumably purchased by George Heye in 1908.

Source ID:

NMAI_17771

Catalog Number:

1/6640

Album Name:

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