Arrow

Date created
circa 1965
Culture/People
Machiguenga
Donor
G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
Previous owner
G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
Collector
Patricia M. Davis, Non-Indian
Harold Mariner Davis, Non-Indian, 1924-1971
Collection History
Collected by Patricia M. Davis and Harold Mariner Davis (1924-1971), probably between 1964 and 1971, in Machiguenga villages near Yarinacocha and Shimaa, Peru, during research for the Summer Institute of Linguistics; acquired from the Davis base camp house in Yarinacocha, Peru, by G. Edward Montgomery in 1973 during his research among the Machiguenga; donated to NMAI by Dr. G. Edward Montgomery in 2006.
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Place
San Francisco de Yarinacocha; Coronel Portillo Province; Ucayali Region; Peru
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Machiguenga
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/5576
Barcode
265576.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Arrow
Media/Materials
Bamboo, palm wood, cotton twine/string, feather/feathers
Techniques
Cut, tied
Dimensions
135.0 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fb71e9e8-4983-458f-8978-8a812a0db750
Record ID
NMAI_281803