Native Name | Nupe |
Object Number | 65-10-166B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Fiber | Grass | Quill |
Description | Wooden blade and handle, blade and point not sharp; machete type; handle slightly curved at base, wrapped with black, white, and red cord and yellow razor grass; four porcupine quills extend from top of wrapping. Used in initiation rites in ceremonial clearing of the field. |
Length | 47.5 cm |
Width | 5.7 cm |
Thickness | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
Other Number | 65-10-166 - Old Museum Number |
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