Wooden Sword

Unidentified Jívaro maker

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not dated

Palm wood, feather, and seed beads

Overall: 25 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (64 × 5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

53.30.12938

Geography

Place Made: Ecuador, South America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Robert Everard, date unknown; Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; acquired by present collection by exchange, 1953.

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