Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of the Amanaka'a Amazon Network (New York City), a nonprofit environmental education organization that assisted indigenous Amazonian communities in protecting their environments and maintaining traditional, sustainable technologies; donated to NMAI by the Amanaka'a Amazon Network in 1998.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- BorĂ´ro (Bororo)
- Collector
- Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998
- Previous owner
- Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998
- Donor
- Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998
- Date created
- 1990-1998
- Object Name
- Bow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, vegetal fiber, twine/string
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 109 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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