Culture/People:

Warao  Search this

Possible collector:

Eliza Haldeman Figyelmesy (Eliza J. Haldeman/Mrs. Philip Figyelmesy), Non-Indian, 1843-1910  Search this

Previous owner:

Samuel Steman Haldeman (S.S. Haldeman), Non-Indian, 1812-1880  Search this

Lender:

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)  Search this

Object Name:

Arrow

Media/Materials:

Stone

Techniques:

Flaked/chipped

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Guyana

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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Catalog Number:

16/7017

Barcode:

167017.000

See related items:

Warao

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69f2ea61a-9e0d-4529-a326-cb9549b4c4e7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_179159