Of shaped outline and formed of two pieces of leather secured by nailed iron mounts along each side to a wood and leather frame, both sides painted in polychrome in imitation of a tigerskin framing the figure of a tiger against a red ground on the outside, and framing a tiger-mask over a pocket on the inside, painted suspension strap, and four associated arrows (incomplete)
45 cm. high

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For two other examples of similar form in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see LaRocca, pp.192-195, figs.95 and 96

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A Tibetan Quiver
19th Century Or Earlier