Description (CMS Description)
Quiver; Arrow
Event Date 22/3/1995
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Part of a collection of Indian material donated by Gait, numbered E 1916.148.1-87 (from the entry in the accessions register). These items were also numbered as AR 1916.190.1-87 (from the entry in the Annual Report). Some items have since been known only by their Annual Report number and so, for the sake of consistency, the whole collection has been entered on computer as AR 1916.190.1-87. Original accessions numbers are entered in the CRN field. (Alison McKeating, April 1995)

[Ammended: This decision was reversed in 2016, to reflect the primacy of the Accession Register number in all cases:refer to all artefacts in the Gait collection by their E number: E 1916.148. etc... - M. Elliott, 14/10/2016.]
Event Date 22/3/1995
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
MAA Catalogue card AR 1916.190.35 A+B:
"INDIA"
"CHOTA-NAGPUR"
"Appliance for hunting and fishing"
"dd. Hon. Mr E.A. Gait, KCSI"
"(E 1916.148.35 A+B)."
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (CMS Description)
Gait description: 1916.148.35 B:
Serial No. 6; Local name of articles: "Sar (Mundari), Kanna (Oraon)"; "Arrow with iron shaft used in hunting for shooting deer and other larger animals."
Given the description of the artefact, it is probable that "iron shaft" should read "iron head".
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (CMS Description)
1916.148.35 B:
Arrow with ?bamboo shaft and barbed and pointed iron head. Head bound to shaft with string. ?Resin applied to nodules of the bamboo. Fletching of two trimmed sections of bird feather bound to shaft at top and bottom of each section with string and sealed with resin. To labels stuck to shaft. First (collector's label) bears the number 7, in black ink, struck through in red ink, and the number 6 in red ink. Second (museum label) bears a manuscript in black ink reading: "Arrow (Sar[Mundari], Kanna [Oraon]), for shooting deer and other larger animals. Chota-Nagpur, India. The Hon. Mr. E.A. Gait, C.S.I.
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (CMS Context)
See MAA Archive item BA4/2/8: "Typescript list of articles collected by Sir E.A. Gait" dated 9th June 1914; received [stamped] 22 July 1914.
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (CMS Description)
1916.148.35 A:
Arrow with bamboo shaft and blunt wooden head for shooting birds. Head, possibly of palm wood, bound to shaft with cord and fixed with resin. Fletching of two bird feathers bound to shaft with cord at each end. Two paper labels stuck to shaft. First (collector's label) bears the number 8, in black ink, struck through in red and black ink, and the number 7 in red ink. Second (museum label) bears manuscript in black ink: "Arrow (Thuthi, [Oraon]), for shooting small birds. Chota-Nagpur, India. The Hon. Mr. E.A. Gait, C.S.I."
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (CMS Description)
Gait description: 1916.148.35 A:
Serial No. 7; Local name of articles: Thuthi (Oraon); Arrow used for shooting small birds.
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (CMS Context)
The description in the catalogue database read:
"Quiver; Arrow". There is no trace of a quiver, and indeed no mention of a quiver in Gait's list. The two artefacts in this record are arrows. A second description has therefore been created for each item.
Event Date 14/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (CMS Context)
MAA Catalogue card
"1916.148.35-41"
"S. ASIA"
"INDIA"
"CHOTA-NAGPUR"
"Seven hunting and fishing appliances."
[Second MSS. in blue ink:] ""THE RAJ" EXHIBIT. NAT. PORTRAIT GALLER. OCT 90-MAR 91 (1916.148.38) AXE."
"Hon. Mr E.A. Gait."
"(E 1916.148.35 A+B)."
Red circular sticker applied to bottom right hand corner of card.
Event Date 7/10/2016
Author: Mark Elliott