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Woven Quiver, 19th Century
Klamath culture; Southern Oregon or Northeastern California
Dry tu…
Quiver
Woven Quiver, 19th Century
Klamath culture; Southern Oregon or Northeastern California
Dry tu…
Woven Quiver, 19th Century Klamath culture; Southern Oregon or Northeastern California Dry tule; 17 x 6 x 1 3/4 in. 19629 Gift of Harrie H. and Mae Teaboldt

Quiver

ClassificationsArms and Armor-quivers
Culture Klamath
Date19th Century
Made AtOregon, United States, North America
Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumDry tule
Dimensions17 × 6 × 1 3/4 in. (43.2 × 15.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Harrie H. and Mae Teaboldt
Object number19629
DescriptionTwined of tule with striped design in darker tones of tule. A flat, conical shaped basket for carrying arrows woven in plain, 2 element S-twining on twisted warps with solid alternate lines of brown dyed tule encircling the basket at intervals for decoration. This quiver illustrates the vast extent to which the Klamath and Modoc used tules and bulrushes in the manufacture of most of their possessions. Whereas other tribes might make such things as the quiver, moccasins, leggings and even house coverings out of skins, these people prefer to weaves such articles out of the plants growing in the marshy areas.

Dr. Frederick Dockstader, formerly with Museum of American Indian Heye Foundation visited Bowers and stated he knows about 1/2 dozen of examples like that in the U.S. It is more important as an object than as an example of basket stitching. The Loewe Museum, Berkeley, and the Smithsonian have lots of fragments but not complete/whole examples. It is rare and is equivalent in rarity and value to our best feather basket - M. Key
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