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Quiver

Object number2007.47.2 a-d

Datec. 1983

OriginKingdom of Bhutan

MediumWood; metal; feather

Credit LineGift of the Fowkes Family

DescriptionQuiver with three arrows. Quiver. Tubular container with attached, slightly-squared cap. Thin woven strips of wood (light brown/tan, green, purple, maroon, pink). Thick strip of wood on inside rim. Cap attached by single thin strip. Contains three arrows. Three (3) solid, bamboo, tubular arrows. Identical in design: Metal tip. Four dark brown feathered fletchings with nock at end. Area with fletching is painted to match color of feathers. Stripes of red, green, yellow, and blue string wrapped around area below nock.Dimensions(a) Length with Cap on--31 ... Width: at Cap--3 ... Circum at Bottom: 6
(b-d) Length: 28 ... Width: .375 ...Length of Tip--2 ... Length of Shaftment--6.625
Historical NotesQuiver and three arrows, given to C.R. "Bud" Fowkes by the Kingdom of Bhutan, c. 1983. Since 1920, Bud Fowkes was a resident of Verona; he graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1939. After service in WWII took him to Alaska, he returned to Western Pennsylvania in 1945 and went to work at Gulf Research as a master mechanic. Because a field artillery blast had damaged his hearing in 1944 and firing guns became painful for him, Fowkes, a hunter, took up archery in 1947. He competed in archery tournaments during the 1960s, but soon turned his interests to coaching, and designing and repairing bows. Fowkes coached numerous archers and archery teams both in the national and international circuit. He was selected to be the U.S. Olympic archery coach for the Munich games of 1972, where members of his team won the gold medal in both the men's and women's bracket. As his reputation grew, Fowkes was invited by nations around the world to coach and teach their archery teams. Fowkes died in December of 2006.

Previous owner Clarence R. Fowkes (died 2006)

Related person Penn Hills High School

Related institution Gulf Research and Development Company

Related institution Gulf Oil Corporation (1907 - 1984)

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