Ethiopian (?) quiver and arrows

Rod Charters · 30th December 2009, 09:05 AM

Hi. I would say its coming from the "Bon" tribe, a group of generally former hunters and gatherers found in Somalia, South Eastern Ethiopia, and N.E. Kenya. I have a couple of similar examples bought in Somalia.

Regards

Rod

stekemest · 31st December 2009, 11:51 AM

Hi Wodimi,

Thank you for your opinion. The quiver you show looks a bit different, though - the cap of my quiver is simpler, it doesn't have those red bands and the arrowheads differ too (all the arrows I have look the same). I think the Somali piece is more akin to mine. What do the others think?

Thanks again for any help.
Peter

Wodimi · 31st December 2009, 09:55 PM

Hi Peter,
which other Somali quiver you mean? I only see yours and mine and this Borana quiver from the book. The difference between yours and mine is in my eyes only the age. Yours I think is more recent and possibly never used. The sandglass shape is the same, the cap is simpler, that's right, but I think you never will find any second example which looks exact like the other. I think there is not only one man who makes such quivers and everyone did it a little bit other, a question of the possibilities the different producers have. This red strap on my quiver only hold the cap when it's took off. The arrowheads are different (age question) , but the shaft and kind of making are absolutey the same, including this 4 feathers at the end and this a little bit thicker part on the shaft where the arrowhead goes in. Last not least, this quiver typ seems to have a wide spread and you found it in Somalia, North Kenya and South Ethiopia. So in this case this ethnologists from this scientific expedition 60 years ago labeled him Borana, I do the same. But sure, everybody can label him as he like....
Happy New Year
Wolf

stekemest · 1st January 2010, 01:57 PM

Hi Wolf,

Sorry, I meant the one on the University of Missouri homepage:
http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/gra...verarrows.shtm (but at a second look, it looks quite different as well

)

So I just label it as being from Ethiopia (which is quite likely as the seller told me he bought it there, but he didn't know anything else about it). Thank you very much.

By the way, I do think the quiver was used, as the leather looks stretched and worn.

Happy New Year,
Peter

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30th December 2009, 09:05 AM	#1
Rod Charters Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Hi. I would say its coming from the "Bon" tribe, a group of generally former hunters and gatherers found in Somalia, South Eastern Ethiopia, and N.E. Kenya. I have a couple of similar examples bought in Somalia. Regards Rod

31st December 2009, 11:51 AM	#2
stekemest Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 183	Hi Wodimi, Thank you for your opinion. The quiver you show looks a bit different, though - the cap of my quiver is simpler, it doesn't have those red bands and the arrowheads differ too (all the arrows I have look the same). I think the Somali piece is more akin to mine. What do the others think? Thanks again for any help. Peter

31st December 2009, 09:55 PM	#3
Wodimi Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 75	Hi Peter, which other Somali quiver you mean? I only see yours and mine and this Borana quiver from the book. The difference between yours and mine is in my eyes only the age. Yours I think is more recent and possibly never used. The sandglass shape is the same, the cap is simpler, that's right, but I think you never will find any second example which looks exact like the other. I think there is not only one man who makes such quivers and everyone did it a little bit other, a question of the possibilities the different producers have. This red strap on my quiver only hold the cap when it's took off. The arrowheads are different (age question) , but the shaft and kind of making are absolutey the same, including this 4 feathers at the end and this a little bit thicker part on the shaft where the arrowhead goes in. Last not least, this quiver typ seems to have a wide spread and you found it in Somalia, North Kenya and South Ethiopia. So in this case this ethnologists from this scientific expedition 60 years ago labeled him Borana, I do the same. But sure, everybody can label him as he like.... Happy New Year Wolf

1st January 2010, 01:57 PM	#4
stekemest Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 183	Hi Wolf, Sorry, I meant the one on the University of Missouri homepage: http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/gra...verarrows.shtm (but at a second look, it looks quite different as well ) So I just label it as being from Ethiopia (which is quite likely as the seller told me he bought it there, but he didn't know anything else about it). Thank you very much. By the way, I do think the quiver was used, as the leather looks stretched and worn. Happy New Year, Peter