Culture/People:

Nambikuára (Nambicuara)  Search this

Collector:

Edgar Roquette-Pinto, Non-Indian, 1884-1954  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Rondon Commission, 1907-1915  Search this

Previous owner:

Museu Nacional (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro/National Museum of Brazil)  Search this

Object Name:

Arrow

Media/Materials:

Wood, reed

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Serra do Norte; North Mesoregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil

Collection History:

Collected in 1912 by Edgar Roquette-Pinto (1884-1954) of the Rondon Commission (a project to expand telegraph service in the Brazilian Amazon); subsequently in the collection of the Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro (National Museum of Brazil); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Museu Nacional in 1922.

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Catalog Number:

11/458

Barcode:

110458.000

See related items:

Nambikuára (Nambicuara)

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6abdd02e1-bdcf-4467-b334-51e5fedc5ce8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_119062