Quiver - Ruuwauteq
Alaska State Museum > Alaska State Museum Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
II-A-1638
Wood - Red Cedar;Ochre
Length: 34"
Unknown
Alutiiq
Gift of James Russell, listed in the Report of the Librarian and Curator of the Alaska Historical Library and Museum for 1920-21, p 2: "Two wooden quivers and four arrows from the western part of Alaska," II-B-1637 and 8 are the only wooden quivers in the collection, and are assumed to be the ones listed in the report.
Wooden quiver of one piece of red cedar, split in two and hollowed, with bottom of same piece as body. Swells out at the top. Three grooves running around body for lashing securely the two pieces together. Top decorated with red ochre pattern of dots. Lashings replaced with string.
Wooden quiver of one piece of red cedar, split in two and hollowed, with bottom of same piece as body. Swells out at the top. Three grooves running around body for lashing securely the two pieces together. Top decorated with red ochre pattern of dots. Lashings replaced with string.