Quiver
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Kenneth R. Anderson
label: Donor Name
content: Kenneth R. Anderson
notes: label: Notes
content: A section of cane capped on bottom with skin attached to the body with resin. The detachable top is made of bark and a roundel cut from a gourd and fastened to the quiver cord with 6 fiber cords. The quiver cord is threaded through holes on either side of the body near the top cap. Quiver hold 35 palm spine darts wich have been dipped in curare. Attached to the carrying cord is a small gourd filled with kapok, and 3 sections of piranha jaw. Condition: The cord for the ball is fraying.
label: Notes
content: In a letter to Mr. Anderson, Samuel Padilla says that this dart holder belong to Menga's brother Awa, who was on the cover of Peter Broenimann's book, Auca on the Cononoco: Indians of the Ecuadorian Rain Forest.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cononoco River, Ecuador, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Waorani (Auca)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2048273
label: USNM Number
content: E432092-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Quiver
physicalDescription: label: Length - Body
content: 45 cm
label: Weight - Body
content: 6 cm