Quiver for Crossbow Bolts

c. 1480

German

Used 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.

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Quiver for Crossbow Bolts
Place: Ancient Europe (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1460–1520
Medium: Wood, leather, and boar skin
Dimensions: H.: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.3089
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