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Henry Liberty Bates quiver with arrows

 Accession
Identifier: MUS-373

Content Description

Used to shoot arrows with a bow as sport. Quiver is made of tan raffia with a basic color and design of green, red, and black, 17 3/4" by 3 1/2". A ring at the top and the bottom holds the string used as a strap. Ten arrows total. Arrows are 28" long- two are with a different feathering than the rest. One is black with red bands, while the rest are brown with different colored bands near the feathered end. Belonged to Dr. Henry Liberty Bates (1853-1949) who served as principal of Tualatin Academy and later as a professor of religion and sociology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He retired as the dean emeritus in 1927, and there was a building built in 1923 on the Pacific University main campus named after him.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1800-1930

Extent

11 items : 1 quiver, 10 arrows ; Quiver: 17 3/4" by 3 1/2" Arrows: 28" long