Blowgun

Culture/People
Warao
Possible collector
Eliza Haldeman Figyelmesy (Eliza J. Haldeman/Mrs. Philip Figyelmesy), Non-Indian, 1843-1910
Previous owner
Samuel Steman Haldeman (S.S. Haldeman), Non-Indian, 1812-1880
Lender
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Collection History
Possibly collected between 1870 and 1880 by Eliza Haldeman Figyelmesy (1843-1910, wife of Colonel Philip Figyelmesy, U.S. consul to British Guiana) and sent to her father, Samuel Steman Haldeman (1812-1880, a professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania); donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Professor Haldeman or his family; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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Place
Guyana
See related items
Warao
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
16/7013
Barcode
167013.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Blowgun
Media/Materials
Wood, animal tooth/teeth, cordage
Techniques
Carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68a159ba5-eabf-47c5-beba-4347e4e7dab2
Record ID
NMAI_179155