Spear

Museum number:
16-9864
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
Fish spear; baka chachiti; light wood shaft; 2 prongs; 2 prongs of heron bills tied to shaft with beeswax coated string, cotton; decorated with feathers; 45.5 inches length.
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)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 16-9864, described as Fish spear; baka chachiti; light wood shaft; 2 prongs; 2 prongs of heron bills tied to shaft with beeswax coated string, cotton; decorated with feathers; 45.5 inches length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 16-9864, described as Fish spear; baka chachiti; light wood shaft; 2 prongs; 2 prongs of heron bills tied to shaft with beeswax coated string, cotton; decorated with feathers; 45.5 inches length.

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