File:R4007 101 108 d01.jpg
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anonymous: Quiver, Arrows and Firestick
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| Title |
Quiver, Arrows and Firestick |
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| Description |
Quiver made from red hardwood with hide strap and hide cap for base. It has 12 bands of cane binding, and 8 drilled holes for use with firesticks. Five arrows with triangular barbed bone heads and cane shafts. One barbed bone arrow head. Three arrows with blunt bone heads, one with a wooden shaft and two with cane shafts and a ring of skin from a monitor lizard at the blunt end. One arrow with semi-lunar iron head, attached to bone shank with cane shaft. One arrow with wooden head and bamboo shaft. Blunt round hardwood point. Stick, pointed at both ends, decorated with zig zag lines and dots. Part of fire stick. Broken in the middle. |
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| Date | before 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood; Cane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Whole: 700 mm x 50 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
R4007/101 |
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| Object history |
Collected by Reverend William Charles Willoughby, a Christian missionary, in what was then the Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885-1966). It is now the Republic of Botswana, having gained independence from Britain in 1966. From 1889-92 Willoughby was pastor at Union Street Church, Brighton (now The Font pub). From 1893 to 1898 he worked for the London Missionary Society in Bechuanaland. He assembled this collection of objects during this period. This was a period of social and technological changes and these objects represent traditional lifestyles and skills, rather than the contemporary lives of the people Willoughby met. Willoughby's collection was loaned to Brighton Museum in 1899 when he returned to the UK. The loan was converted into a donation in 1936, and accessioned as acquisition R4007. Some objects were re-numbered with the WA (World Art) numbering system in the 2000s. These numbers have been reverted to the original R4007/... numbers where possible for consistency in 2019. In base of quiver was found the front page of comic magazine 'Sketchy Bits' no. 146 vol III. This magazine lasted from 1895-1897. 26/1/67 - presumably the date this page was found. |
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| Source/Photographer | Copyright holder Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. This file has been provided by the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from its digital collections, as part of the Making African Connections project. It is also made available on the Royal Pavilion & Museums Digital Media Bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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