Quiver, with four arrows poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus

Made:: 1890-1904

Quiver, with four arrows poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904.

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657421

Materials:: cane, leather, lizard skin, steel and wood

type:: quiver

credit:: Lugard, F.

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Quiver for poisoned arrows

Quiver for poisoned arrows

Quiver for poisoned arrows, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904.

Measurements:: overall: 565 mm 70 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , leather and skin (animal)

Object Number:: A657421/1

type:: quivers

Poisoned arrow

Poisoned arrow

Arrow, poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904

Measurements:: overall: 800 mm

Materials:: cane and steel (metal)

Object Number:: A657421/2

type:: arrows

Poisoned arrow

Poisoned arrow

Arrow, poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904

Measurements:: overall: 800 mm

Materials:: cane and steel (metal)

Object Number:: A657421/3

type:: arrows

Poisoned arrow

Poisoned arrow

Arrow, poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904

Measurements:: overall: 800 mm

Materials:: cane and steel (metal)

Object Number:: A657421/4

type:: arrows

Poisoned arrow

Poisoned arrow

Arrow, poisoned with Strophanthus sarmentosus, Kontagora, Nigeria, 1890-1904. Collected by Dr Leuer and presented by Sir Frederick Lugard in 1904

Measurements:: overall: 800 mm

Materials:: cane and steel (metal)

Object Number:: A657421/5

type:: arrows