Blowgun
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by explorer/adventurer LeGrand C. Griswold, Jr. (1908-1965) in 1935 or 1936; lent to MAI by LeGrand Griswold in 1936 and never reclaimed.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/9224
- Barcode
- 189224.000
- Culture/People
- Sarayacu Kichua
- Collector
- LeGrand C. Griswold, Jr. (Le Grand C. Griswold Jr.), Non-Indian, 1908-1965
- Lender
- LeGrand C. Griswold, Jr. (Le Grand C. Griswold Jr.), Non-Indian, 1908-1965
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Blowgun
- Media/Materials
- Wood, vegetal fiber, tree pitch/gum
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Río Sarayacu; Sucumbios Province; Ecuador
- See related items
- Sarayacu Kichua
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_202488
- Usage
- CC0
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