Culture/People:

Chucunaque Guna (Kuna)  Search this

Collector:

Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959  Search this

Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946  Search this

Donor:

Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959  Search this

Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946  Search this

Object Name:

Arrow

Media/Materials:

Reed, palm wood, cordage

Techniques:

Carved, wrapped, tied

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Río Chucunaque; Emberá-Wounaan Indigenous Territory, Darién Province, Guna de Waragandí Indigenous Territory; Panama (inferred)

Date created:

circa 1920

Collection History:

Collected by explorer/adventurers Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (1885-1946) and Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (1882-1959), probably in the early 1920s; donated to MAI by Lady Richmond Brown and Frederick Mitchell-Hedges in 1929.

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Catalog Number:

16/6301

Barcode:

166301.000

See related items:

Chucunaque Guna (Kuna)

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67182d0e8-0438-4f6b-81b1-67a5a8d09029

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_177804