Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1962 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1963.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ka'apor
- Collector
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Seller
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Date created
- 1950-1960
- Object Name
- Arrow
- Media/Materials
- Reed, wood, feather/feathers, seed/seeds, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 143.7 x 6 x 1.2 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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