Not on display

Quiver

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lahore (made)

Cylindrical crimson velvet quiver, embroidered with floral decoration in gold and silver thread.

Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Quiver
Brief description
Cylindrical crimson velvet quiver, embroidered with floral designs in gold and silver thread; tir-o-tarkash; Archery, crimson velvet, Lahore, c1855; Textile
Physical description
Cylindrical crimson velvet quiver, embroidered with floral decoration in gold and silver thread.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879.
Associated object
3437(IS) (Object)
Bibliographic references
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.130
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 130, Cat. No. 601
Other numbers
  • 601 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8588-'55 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3469(IS)

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2003
Record URL
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