A quiver, Ottoman, circa 1700. Body is riveted together from two pieces of chamois leather with an inset wooden bottom. There is decorative embossing on the edge of the obverse side, which has open work arabesques with red backing, and is set with gilded decorative pieces. There is a leather sling on the reverse side with buckles and slides worked en suite. Height 41 cm. There are also 14 arrows with a variety of iron points. The shafts (12 wood, 2 bamboo) are mostly painted in colour, and some have remnants of fletching. Lengths 57 to 77 cm. historic, historic,

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