Pike
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by George Tamarski (1903-1987, a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who worked in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s); purchased by MAI from George Tamarski in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 23/1895
- Barcode
- 231895.000
- Culture/People
- Karajá (Caraja)
- Collector
- George Tamarski, Non-Indian, 1903-1987
- Seller
- George Tamarski, Non-Indian, 1903-1987
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Object Name
- Pike
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, feather/feathers, vegetal fiber, palm wood (chonta palm)
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited
- Place
- Ilha do Bananal, Rio Araguaia; Tocantins State, North Region; Brazil
- Island Name
- Ilha do Bananal
- See related items
- Karajá (Caraja)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_247054
- Usage
- CC0
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