QUIVER MADE OF HIDE WITH THE HAIR ON THE OUTSIDE, AND TWO EDGES SEWN WITH SINEW. SEVEN ARROWS, ALL WITHOUT POINTS. ONE POINT, BROKEN OFF AND TIED TO SHAFT, IS OF PRESSURE FLAKED OBSIDIAN. THE SHAFTS ARE THIN AND TAPER FROM THE CENTER ENDS. TWO FEATHERS ARE RADIALLY FLETCHED, WITH SINEW BINDINGS AT FEATHERS AND AT POINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, "S.A. STEARNS, EX EX VINCENNES". THESE OBJECTS WERE ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS BEING FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, BUT ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER IS DEFINITELY TIERRA DEL FUEGO. THE QUIVER WAS EXHIBITED IN MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
FROM CARD: "... LOAN: SITES MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS JAN 9 1987."
Quiver and 9 arrows. An arrow found with AT16239 was reunited with E5677 in 2023.
