Quiver

Object Details

Collector

Ms. E. B. Kavasch

Donor Name

Sites Native Harvests

THREE COLOR(RED, PURPLE, NATURAL) CANE QUIVER MADE BY CLAUDE MEDFORD, JR., CHOCTAW, 132 1/2 BEHAN STREET, NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457. OVER FOUR, UNDER FOUR TWILL WEAVE. TWO COLORED FEATHERS (GREEN, YELLOW, AND SOME RED) TIED TO TANNED SKINTHONG STITCHED TO RIM WITH UNKNOWN SYNTHETIC? MATERIAL. RED AND PURPLE DYE OF CANE ON OUTSIDE SHOWS EXTENSIVE FADING. FEATHERS DO NO SHOW SAME LEVEL OF FADING. FEATHERS AND THONG COULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED LATER. DESCRIBED AS BLOWGUN DART QUIVER ON COLLECTION TAG. COLLECTED BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH IN 1983 AND DONATED TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT. CATALOG #S E430157-E430167 BY SAME ARTIST.

Record Last Modified

15 Dec 2014

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Choctaw

Collection Date

1983

Accession Number

378691

USNM Number

E430165-0

Object Type

Basket

Height - Object

18 cm

Place

Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States, North America

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8503313

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32166b42e-2af5-40e5-9567-68687dc3dc64