Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1930 and 1935 by explorer and anthropologist Elizabeth K. Steen (1886-1938); inherited by her brother Thomas W. Steen; purchased by MAI in 1938 from Thomas W. Steen.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tapirapé (Tapirape)
- Collector
- Elizabeth K. Steen (Elizabeth Kilgore Steen), Non-Indian, 1886-1938
- Previous owner
- Elizabeth K. Steen (Elizabeth Kilgore Steen), Non-Indian, 1886-1938
- Thomas W. Steen, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Thomas W. Steen, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Arrow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, reed, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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