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Three quivers. 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 traditionally made of leather, wood, furs, and other natural materials, but are now often made of metal or plastic.
The pitati archer force were mercenaries from the southern Egyptian "land of Kush" (named Kaša, or Kaši in the letters). The first use of Nubian mercenaries was by Weni of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom of Egypt, about 2300 BC. A group of Egyptian soldiers and Nubian mercenaries holding axes, bows, and quivers of arrows.
The mechanical properties of sinew-backed bows change with changes in humidity, so the bows need frequent adjustment by the archer. The adjustment of tension is done by twisting the backing cables, using short rods of ivory, wood, or bone inserted through the cables. [4] Varieties of cable-backed bow have been made by non-Inuit cultures.
Archers generally carried quivers filled with 40–50 arrows each. Volume could be heavy, with some men firing two arrows at a time. Volume made up for the lack of accuracy with the unfeathered arrows. Resupply arrangements were not well articulated and an archer exhausting his quiver generally withdrew from the field. [62]
The term mounted archer occurs in medieval English sources to describe a soldier who rode to battle but who dismounted to shoot, similar to the later firearm-equipped dragoons. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Horse archer is the term used more specifically to describe a warrior who shoots from the saddle at the gallop. [ 13 ]
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archer (practitioner) – One who practices archery (a.k.a. bowman) archer's paradox (effect) – The effect produced by an arrow flexing as it leaves the bow; archery (practice) – The practice of using a bow to shoot arrows; arm guard (equipment) – A protective strap or sheath for an archer's forearm (a.k.a. bracer)