Blowgun

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists

Collection History: Collected 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: Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA

See related items: Eastern Band of Cherokee; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/4668
Barcode: 014668.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Blowgun
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques: Cut

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6778af029-336e-4f34-aa99-930883d740be

Record ID: NMAI_15768