Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood, with heavy string; arrows are of chakopi cane shafts; some arrows are feathered, some unfeathered; three kinds of points—simple cane reed, notched barbed kuri wood, four-pronged barbed kuri wood; all points are set into shaft, secured by string or cordage. 16-15019a—length: 144 cm; width: 2.7 cm. 16-15019b—length: 140.4 cm. 16-15019c—length: 139.2 cm. 16-15019d—length: 142 cm. 16-15019e—length: 133.5 cm. 16-15019f—length: 146 cm. 16-15019g—length: 136.6 cm. 16-15019h—length: 158 cm. 16-15019i—length: 141.2 cm. 16-15019j—length: 147.6 cm.
Donor:
Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Machiguenga
Maker or artist:
Arturo Shimentsa
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used for hunting; plain cane points are for killing peccaries and large game; notch barbed kuri wood points are for killing monkeys; pronged points are probably for killing birds.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Kuri wood bow and string; arrows are hollow cane ("chakopi") with three types of points secured by string.