I got this old Shakespeare backquiver yesterday. It's in great condition, soft pliable leather, no corrosion on the metal zipper, knive sheath and tool sheath, double straps.
 

BUT, when I opened the side compartment this thing was in it......
 

It's made of leather and has the brass hooks (like boot hooks) and is laced up with a strip of leather. It's about the diameter of your thumb...?  Please end my mental misery and tell me what this thing is for...this ought to be good!
An armguard for a very small person....  

 
Wish I could be more help.  I could always come up with some wise crack description, but I will refrain this time.

Could be a sleave for a single broad head. You tie the leather strings to your upper limb and then you can place an arrow with broadhead into the sleave while you are walking / stalking through the brush. Less movement to get your arrow onto the string this way than getting it from a quiver.

Someone went a long way to make this thing. It is very well made and thought out. Can't imagine someone would put out this effort and not have a reason for it...?

looks like a pony tail holder that a woman will wear on the back of a bike...But now they have snapps..so it looks old...Just my 2cents.

I have a friend and when we and his wife do Harley trips [ she rides her own 110 c.i. Springer] she uses something similar on her pony tail to keep it together in the wind....I wonder if some lady did something similar to keep her long hair out of the way while shooting?    

Gene

I string keeper for when the bow is unstrung?

I'm going to have to say it's a pony tail holder.

You might have it Gene! and TW! Wow, that is one heck of a ponytail holder!

I vote a tip protector and/or string keeper.

QuoteOriginally posted by bawana bowman:
I vote a tip protector and/or string keeper.

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Not sure I agree with tip protector...the weight of that on one limb, I think would throw the limbs out of sync??  :confused:  

Gene

Traditional archery ponytail holder. Why not? My lifes got a similar one for when she's on the bike.

arm guard for tiny archer

May wish to consider submitting your inquiry to the Fred Bear museum.

try posting in the trad history/collecting forum. those guys would know better than anyone imo. don

I'd say string keeper.

Nice score on the quiver btw.

I can't imagine why a string keeper would have to be that beefy. Or how any ponytailed guy or gal would go to that much trouble. I'm completely stumped. Now I'm never going to get to sleep tonight. Thanks a lot.

BTW, something easier... what are those leather laces in the D-rings on the bottom of the quiver for?

could it be for when you are not using your bow, you fasten it to one of the limbs and the thongs are used to secure it to the quiver? don

Not too large for a tip protector for an all wood bow?