Spear
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1955
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yanomamö (Yanomamo)
label: Collector
content: Mahekodo-teri Mission, Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, 1950-
label: Previous owner
content: David McMeans, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Sarah McMeans, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: David McMeans, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Sarah McMeans, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by members of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco at their mission at Mahekodo-teri/Majicodoteri on the Orinoco after 1950; given to David and Sarah McMeans by the Salesian Sisters in 1963 or 1964; donated to NMAI by Mr. And Mrs. McMeans in 2011.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Boco Mavaca (village near the Silesian Mission at Mahekodo-teri/Majicodoteri); Río Orinoco; Amazonas State, Guayana Region; Venezuela
setName: label: See related items
content: Yanomamö (Yanomamo)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/8508
label: Barcode
content: 268508.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spear
label: Media/Materials
content: Bamboo, wood, twine/string, feather/feathers
label: Techniques
content: Cut, carved, wrapped, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 156.0 x 3.2 x 1.0 cm