Blowgun and dart

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Previous owner: James Jamieson (James Jamison), Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists

Collection History: Collected from James Jamieson (Six Nations Cayuga) in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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Place: Six Nations Grand River Reserve; Brant County, Haldimand County; Ontario; Canada

See related items: Cayuga [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/4664
Barcode: 014664.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Indigenous Term: guts u'c da'

Object Name: Blowgun and dart
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6722609ea-be35-4750-bdff-5c31e81b95c7

Record ID: NMAI_15764