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Waorani hunting artifacts Item Info
- Title:
- Waorani hunting artifacts
- Date Created:
- 1984
- Description:
- Waorani hunting artifacts, including darts and quiver, woven bag, and piranha teeth. The woven bag was used to hold kapok that was twirled on a dart to give resistance to blow against. The piranha teeth were used to score the dart to keep it from falling out after hitting a hunted animal. Part of a small collection of Waorani artifacts that Rachel Saint gave to the Billy Graham Center Museum in 1984, which were transferred to Wheaton Archives & Special Collections in 2015.
- Subjects:
- Huao Indians
- Location:
- Tewæno, Ecuador
- Source:
- Special Collection 233: Sacred Arts Collection, Item # 84-1645, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Waorani hunting artifacts", To Carry the Light Further, Wheaton Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/to-carry-the-light-further/items/obj_0072.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright. For more information, please contact Wheaton Archives & Special Collections at archives@wheaton.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/