Spear

Museum number:
16-9839
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
Barbed and ornamented palm wood spear; Haxi; decorated with dyed cotton string; razor grass, feathers; used ritually in dancing or for killing; 53 inches long.
Donor:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Kaxinawá
Collector:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 16-9839, described as Barbed and ornamented palm wood spear; Haxi; decorated with dyed cotton string; razor grass, feathers; used ritually in dancing or for killing; 53 inches long.

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