Dance whip

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Arawak
Collector
A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
Previous owner
A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
Seller
A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
Collection History
Collected by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1918.
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Catalog Number
7/5195
Barcode
075195.000
Object Type
Personal items
Indigenous Term
macquarrie
Object Name
Dance whip
Media/Materials
Vegetal Fiber
Techniques
Wrapped, tied
Place
Pomeroon River; Pomeroon-Supenaam Region; Guyana
See related items
Arawak
Personal items
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_80998
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e5f54a9b-6f97-45ac-9ddb-ebe3db7dcef5
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