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Peruvian Kaxinawá war club
A rectangular palm bark war club with triangular indention at bottom and areas of pink, black, and white (with design) string decoration along the long, carved top part of the handle. These decorations continue along the rest of the handle.
Notes…
Notes…
Peruvian Kaxinawá barbed arrow
A barbed arrow, made from palm-bark, mounted in cane shaft and adorned with feathers and colored twine. Arrows were almost always decorated for beauty but the feathers on the end of arrow have a definite purpose in terms of movement of the arrow.…
Peruvian Kaxinawá three pronged arrow
A three-pronged arrow made from palm-bark and mounted in cane shaft.The tool lacks feathers, but is adorned with colored twine. This would have been primarily used for hunting fish.
string to pole to prongs length - 33.5 cm
pole length - 114…
string to pole to prongs length - 33.5 cm
pole length - 114…
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth on loom
This loom (small) consists of two balsa wood loom poles, two pairs of stretcher poles (with one pair attached to material with two of the small palm bark pins), three palm bark pins, one palm bark weaving sword, and two bobbins (one with purple…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark covered bow is wrapped in pink, black, and white string with a protective covering of brown corn husks.
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites, at…
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites, at…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark bow is covered in a protective casing of brown corn husks. Underneath this casing the bow is wrapped with pink, black, and white string and razor grass.
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in…
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark bow is strung with a twisted heavy brown cord around the ends.
Peruvian Kaxinawá batten
An oval-shaped batten consisting of polished palm bark with tapered points at each end. Used for loom weaving of more narrow designs.
length- 41 cm
length- 41 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá batten
A batten consisting of polished palm bark with angular slants at either end and straight edges tapering into a point. Used for loom weaving narrow designs.
length- 38 cm
length- 38 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá three pronged palm bark arrow
This featherless fishing arrow has a three pronged tip. The shaft is made of cane and has three prongs made of wood with barbs carved into each prong. The middle prong is inserted into the shaft while the other two are bound to the middle prong…
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Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton belt
A cotton belt/ hip band consisting of a heavy, narrow white and black woven band; white, blue, and pink fringe; and white string at either end.…