Scarifier
name: label: Culture/People
content: Karajá (Caraja)
label: Previous owner
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI in 1959 through an exchange with Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles).
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: Ilha do Bananal, Rio Araguaia; Tocantins State, North Region; Brazil
label: Island Name
content: Ilha do Bananal
setName: label: See related items
content: Karajá (Caraja)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/8781
label: Barcode
content: 228781.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Scarifier
label: Media/Materials
content: Gourd, piranha tooth/teeth, tree pitch/gum
label: Techniques
content: Cut