Spear
name: label: Culture/People
content: Karajá (Caraja)
label: Collector
content: Francis Gow-Smith (Francis William Gow-Smith), Non-Indian, 1894-1939
label: Seller
content: Francis Gow-Smith (Francis William Gow-Smith), Non-Indian, 1894-1939
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1922 and 1924 by explorer and amateur ethnologist Francis Gow-Smith (1894-1939); purchased by MAI from Francis Gow-Smith in 1924.
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: Rio Araguaia; Mato Grosso State and Goiás State, Central-West Region, or Tocantins State, North Region; Brazil
setName: label: See related items
content: Karajá (Caraja)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/6428
label: Barcode
content: 136428.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spear
label: Media/Materials
content: Palm wood, animal bone, macaw feather/feathers, vegetal fiber, feather/feathers, parrot feather/feathers, wax, reed, bark, animal hoof/hooves, nut shell/shells, porcupine tail
label: Techniques
content: Carved, twill-plaited