Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by Clara Grace Carnahan (1882-1956, a teacher of Spanish language and culture) when she lived in Lima, Peru, between 1907 and 1917); donated to MAI by Miss Carnahan in 1953 in memory of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Rebecca Gaines Carnahan (1839-1934).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha)
- Previous owner
- Clara Grace Carnahan, Non-Indian, 1882-1956
- Donor
- Clara Grace Carnahan, Non-Indian, 1882-1956
- Honoree
- Catherine Gaines Carnahan (Catherine Rebecca Gaines/Catharine R. Carnahan), Non-Indian, 1839-1934
- Object Name
- Bow
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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