A quiver is a container for holding arrows or bolts. It can be carried on an archer's body, the bow, or the ground, depending on the type of shooting and the archer's personal preference. Quivers were
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Norman archers depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. The top left archer was caught unprepared and has hastily thrown his belt quiver about his shoulders, as well as forgetting his helmet.
A y-shaped harness for a back quiver features on this bronze statue of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, mid-4th century BC.
An Ottoman Turk with a rear-canted belt quiver designed for mounted archery
A gorytos is a type of leather bow-case for a short composite bow used by the Scythians in classical antiquity. They are a combination of bow case and quiver in one, and are worn on the archer's left
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…Yebira refers to a variety of quiver designs. The Yazutsu is a different type, used in Kyudo. Their main use is to transport and protect arrows. Gorytos Archery. Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America. 1986. ISBN 0-8395-3381-0…
A gold-plated plaque intended to be attached to a gorytos, from tomb of Philip II of Macedon, Vergina, Greece.
Relief of Achaemenid warriors at Persepolis. The Median ones are carrying gorytoi.