Bamboo knife used to cut umbilical cord. Length: 13.75 inches.
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
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)