Culture/People:

Shipibo  Search this

Previous owner:

Rowland Ames Robbins, III (Roland A. Robbins), Non-Indian, 1896-1986  Search this

Donor:

Rowland Ames Robbins, III (Roland A. Robbins), Non-Indian, 1896-1986  Search this

Object Name:

Bow and arrow

Media/Materials:

Reed, wood

Techniques:

Painted

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Río Ucayali; Loreto Region, Ucayali Region; Peru

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Rowland Ames Robbins III (1896-1986, of New York City) and probably acquired by him in his role as president and founder of the Binder Schweitzer Amazonian Hospital Foundation to support a hospital in Pucallpa on the Ucayli River in Peru; donated to MAI by Rowland A. Robbins III in 1966.

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Catalog Number:

23/7252

Barcode:

237252.000

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Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a84758a8-c7ff-4eda-865f-b20f24991c35

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_252757