Quiver (mda' shubs) with Accessory

Unknown

late 13th–15th century · Leather, iron, copper alloy, wicker (bamboo or cane), wood · Arms and Armor

This quiver represents a very rare type, the basic form of which is depicted in works of art from China through Tibet and Central Asia from at least the seventh century until the end of the fourteenth century. The body is made of wicker or split bamboo, covered in leather, and reinforced by an iron frame. The top is covered by a keyhole-shaped cowl made of a copper alloy, which is open at the front for the insertion or removal of arrows. Quivers of this type are wider at the bottom because the arrows were placed in them with the arrowheads upward, unlike later types of quivers. Carbon-14 testing places this quiver in a date range of 1290–1410.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 13th–15th century

Medium

Leather, iron, copper alloy, wicker (bamboo or cane), wood

Culture

Tibetan or Mongolian

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001