Tool

Museum number:
16-9801
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
Aguti tooth chisel or knife; madi xuta nupe; tooth tied to palm wood handle with string coated with beeswax and rosin; decorated with razor grass and red yarn; 6 7/8 inches long.
Donor:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tool, accession number 16-9801, described as Aguti tooth chisel or knife; madi xuta nupe; tooth tied to palm wood handle with string coated with beeswax and rosin; decorated with razor grass and red yarn; 6 7/8 inches long.

Tools