Machete

Museum number:
16-8707
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Accession number:
Acc.1219
Description:
Wooden machete used for scraping and digging in the chacra when metal ones were scarce; length 24 inches
Donor:
Michael J. Harner
Collection place:
Macas, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Ecuador
Culture or time period:
Untsuri Shuara (Jivaro)
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Collection date:
Spring 1957
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Machetes (knives)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Machete, accession number 16-8707, described as Wooden machete used for scraping and digging in the chacra when metal ones were scarce; length 24 inchesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Machete, accession number 16-8707, described as Wooden machete used for scraping and digging in the chacra when metal ones were scarce; length 24 inches

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