Spear

Museum number:
16-8686
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160008686
Accession number:
Acc.1219
Description:
Auca-style palmwood spear made for amusement by men who had seen Auca spears in Auca territory at Shell Oil Company. Length 6 feet 10 inches. Jivaro, 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:
Spears (weapons)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 16-8686, described as Auca-style palmwood spear made for amusement by men who had seen Auca spears in Auca territory at Shell Oil Company. Length 6 feet 10 inches. Jivaro, Ecuador.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 16-8686, described as Auca-style palmwood spear made for amusement by men who had seen Auca spears in Auca territory at Shell Oil Company. Length 6 feet 10 inches. Jivaro, Ecuador.

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