Arrow
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Yanomamö (Yanomamo)
- Previous owner
- Santiago Obispo, Non-Indian
- Christopher Ferrer, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Christopher Ferrer, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Arrow
- Media/Materials
- Cane, palm wood, cordage, feather/feathers, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Cut, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 216.0 x 2.0 x 4.0 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Place
- Amazonas State or Bolívar State, Guayana Region; Venezuela
- Collection History
- Acquired by Venezuelan anthropologist Santiago Obispo, probably in the early 1990s; purchased by Christopher Ferrer from Santiago Obispo, who was visiting New York City to gain United Nations support for the protection of indigenous people, in 1993; donated to NMAI by Christopher Ferrer in 2018.
- Catalog Number
- 27/138
- Barcode
- 270138.000
- See related items
- Yanomamö (Yanomamo)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement