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Carter No.: 048x

Handlist description: Tapestry woven quiver full of arrows

Card/Transcription No.: 048x-3


48 (x) cont.

The notch ends were separate pieces of hard wood let into the reed; projecting from reed 1. Several of the arrows had been painted in red & blue bands and patterns down the whole length of the feathering. Top of the quiver was open along dotted lines. Slinging ?

Treatment. Treated with paraffin wax.

Card no. 048x-3 relating to Carter no. 048x
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