Knife "Mishate" "Ushate"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Sep 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1979 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: S. D. Bissell
label: Collector
content: D. E. Williams
label: Donor Name
content: Sandra D. Bissell
notes: label: Notes
content: SHORT BLUNT STEEL BLADE INSERTED THROUGH CORD- WRAPPING INTO A HARDWOOD HANDLE TO WHICH IS ATTACHED A LONG, NARROW HAND-WOVEN STRAP. CALLED "CEREMONIAL." THESE ARE USED MOSTLY BY YOUNGER MEN FOR SETTLING PERSONAL QUARRELS THROUGH A MINOR "BLOODLETTING," NOT SERIOUS PERSONAL DAMAGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Francisco Yarinacocha, Yarinacocha District / Ucayali River, Ucayali Region / Coronel Portillo Province, Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shipibo-Conibo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 351567
label: USNM Number
content: E422156-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.2 cm