Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Josefa Piapa (Kumeyaay) or Josefa Hilquimup (Josefa Hilquimup Tobac, Kumeyaay, ca. 1878-ca. 1960)in 1918 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Campo Band of Kumeyaay
- Possible owner
- Josefa Piapa, Kumeyaay (Diegueño)
- Josefa Hilquimup (Josefa Hilquimup Tobac), Kumeyaay (Diegueño), ca. 1878-ca. 1960
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Date created
- 1880-1910
- Object Name
- Arrow shaft straightener
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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