Blowgun
name: label: Culture/People
content: Akawaio (Acawai)
label: Collector
content: Paul G. Howes (Paul Griswold Howes), Non-Indian, 1892-1984
label: Seller
content: Paul G. Howes (Paul Griswold Howes), Non-Indian, 1892-1984
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1916 by Paul G. Howes (1892-1984; a New York Zoological Society expedition assistant to Central and South America 1913-1916 and curator and director of Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1918-1965); purchased by MAI from Paul G. Howes in 1917.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Rapununi River district; Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region; Guyana
setName: label: See related items
content: Akawaio (Acawai)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/2193
label: Barcode
content: 062193.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Blowgun
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, rodent tooth/teeth, tree pitch/gum
label: Techniques
content: Carved