Provenance

John Harrison Musser, Fort Sill, Indian Territory, (now OK), by 1898 [this and the following according to letter from Father Peter J. Powell, Sept. 11, 2018 and research conducted by Father Peter J. Powell, Mar. 14, 1977; copies in curatorial object file]; by descent to his granddaughter, Emma Lent (born Smiley, 1897–1980), Wyalusing, PA; sold to Father Peter J. Powell (1928-2022), Chicago, Mar. 1977 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from Apr. 7, 1977, incoming receipt, RX11054; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his estate, 2022; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Quiver

Comanche Nation

c. 1876–1889

Accession Number

122846

Medium

Mountain lion skin, glass beads, cloth, leather, wood, pigment, sinew, feathers, and steel

Dimensions

Quiver (a) approx.: H.: 178.6 cm (70 5/16 in.); Quiver (a) approx. with fringe: H.: 242.9 cm (95 5/8 in.); Quiver (a) approx. with tail: H.: 184.2 cm (72 1/2 in.); Quiver pouch (b): 72.3 × 9.9 × 3.5 cm (28 7/16 × 3 7/8 × 1 3/8 in.); Arrow (c): 78.8 × 0.9 × 1 cm (31 1/16 × 3/8 × 7/16 in.); Arrow (d): 67.5 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm (26 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.); Arrow (e): 64.2 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (25 5/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (f): 63 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (24 13/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (g): 65 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm (25 5/8 × 5/16 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (h): 67.7 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm (26 11/16 × 3/4 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (i): 54.6 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm (21 1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (j): 67.3 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm (26 1/2 × 11/16 × 1/4 in.); Arrow (k): 59 × 1 × 0.8 cm (23 1/4 × 7/16 × 3/8 in.); Arrow (l): 73.2 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm (28 7/8 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.); Bow (m): 120.1 × 2.7 × 4 cm (47 1/4 × 1 1/16 × 1 9/16 in.)