Quiver for Crossbow Bolts, 1460, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and RenaissanceUse
Quiver for Crossbow Bolts, 1460, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and RenaissanceUsed to carry and store crossbow bolts (arrows), very few bolt quivers survive from the fifteenth century. This rare example is covered in the hairy hide of a boar or domestic pig, used as a hard-wearing, water-resistant covering over a wooden core. Much of the stiff bristly hair has now worn off but originally covered the entire quiver. Period paintings and illustrations show what such quivers originally looked like, for example, the crossbowman in the foreground of Christ Carrying the Cross wears one hung from his belt. George F. Harding CollectionSize: L. 40.6 cm (16 in.)Medium: Wood, leather, and boar skinhttps://www.artic.edu/artworks/116851/ -- source link
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