Figure
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: Collector
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
label: Seller
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer), probably in 1963 or 1964; purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1964.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Brazil
setName: label: See related items
content: Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/3998
label: Barcode
content: 233998.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
label: Indigenous Term
content: tupan
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Tree pitch/gum, feather/feathers
label: Techniques
content: Modeled