Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1912 by Edgar Roquette-Pinto (1884-1954) of the Rondon Commission (a project to expand telegraph service in the Brazilian Amazon); subsequently in the collection of the Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro (National Museum of Brazil); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Museu Nacional in 1922.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nambikuára (Nambicuara)
- Collector
- Edgar Roquette-Pinto, Non-Indian, 1884-1954
- Expedition sponsor
- Rondon Commission, 1907-1915
- Previous owner
- Museu Nacional (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro/National Museum of Brazil)
- Object Name
- Bow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
