Spear foreshaft
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Talamanca (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
label: Seller
content: Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest O. Schernikow (1860-1933, a businessman involved in mining, a diplomat for Latin America, and a collector or many kinds of things); purchased by MAI from Ernest Schernikow in 1916 using funds donated by The (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Central Costa Rica; Costa Rica
setName: label: See related items
content: Talamanca
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/3419
label: Barcode
content: 053419.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spear foreshaft
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved