Spear
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by William (Wilhelm) Schaeffler (1900-1980, a German missionary who worked in South America from the 1920s through the 1940s); purchased by MAI from William Schaeffler in 1938.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 19/5838
- Barcode
- 195838.000
- Culture/People
- Shuar/Achuar
- Collector
- William Schaeffler (Wilhelm Schaeffler), Non-Indian, 1900-1980
- Seller
- William Schaeffler (Wilhelm Schaeffler), Non-Indian, 1900-1980
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Spear
- Media/Materials
- Palm wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Oriente Region; Ecuador
- See related items
- Shuar/Achuar
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_208930
