Bench

Museum number:
16-8670
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160008670
Accession number:
Acc.1219
Description:
Stool, or bench, used by men who have killed a tree sloth or a human being. Height 10.5 inches, overall length 15 inches. Shuar, Ecuador.
Donor:
Michael J. Harner
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Ecuador
Culture or time period:
Untsuri Shuara (Jivaro)
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Collection date:
Spring 1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Benches (furniture)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bench, accession number 16-8670, described as Stool, or bench, used by men who have killed a tree sloth or a human being. Height 10.5 inches, overall length 15 inches. Shuar, Ecuador.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bench, accession number 16-8670, described as Stool, or bench, used by men who have killed a tree sloth or a human being. Height 10.5 inches, overall length 15 inches. Shuar, Ecuador.

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