Quiver

19th century

Traditional military skills such as archery remained part of the training of Korean aristocrats even after those skills had fallen out of use in modern combat. This decorative quiver would have held arrows for use in refined sporting competitions. It would have hung over the shoulder on a strap that is now gone. Its bamboo body has carved line drawings of the ten traditional symbols of longevity, including the pine tree, deer, and crane, while its latch is in the form of another long-lived beast, the tortoise.