In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
Used to carry and store crossbow bolts (arrows), very few bolt quivers survive from the fifteenth century. This rare example is covered in the hairy hide of a boar or domestic pig, used as a hard-wearing, water-resistant covering over a wooden core. Much of the stiff bristly hair has now worn off but originally covered the entire quiver. Period paintings and illustrations show what such quivers originally looked like, for example, the crossbowman in the foreground of Christ Carrying the Cross wears one hung from his belt.
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Swiss, possibly Indonesian(?) — Processional Axe
Swiss or Austrian — Morgenstern
Eastern European — Berdysh
Viking, possibly Swiss — "Eared" Spear
Italian — Axe
Byzantine — Double-Handled Flask
Peru, Possibly central coast — Wooden Spindle
China — Standing Attendant
Nasca — Flute
Swiss — Fighting Axe
China — Dagger-Axe
German or Swiss — Halberd
