Pecking tool

Museum number:
16-9749
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Pecking tool; adze-like; rundasit, natyataa; cedar wood handle; nail inserted at top; held in place with wire; used to make hole through blowgun mouth piece; 13 5/8 inches long.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Paul L. Powlison and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1963
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pecking tool, accession number 16-9749, described as Pecking tool; adze-like; rundasit, natyataa; cedar wood handle; nail inserted at top; held in place with wire; used to make hole through blowgun mouth piece; 13 5/8 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pecking tool, accession number 16-9749, described as Pecking tool; adze-like; rundasit, natyataa; cedar wood handle; nail inserted at top; held in place with wire; used to make hole through blowgun mouth piece; 13 5/8 inches long.

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