No. NIMUENDAJU1928-001
Tenetehara handled blade, Pindaré–Grajaú
Brazil · Maranhão · lower Pindaré and Grajaú rivers · South America
Function not recorded
Source term: Schwirrholz
Stick, cord and blade survive together: a carved rod for the hand, a twisted cotton cord, and a small oval board carved from wood. The set comes from the lower Pindaré and Grajaú rivers in Maranhão, from the Tenetehara who live there and are known as the Guajajara. Their Tembé kinsfolk, speaking the same Tupí-Guaraní language, moved on westward into Pará.
Particulars
- Object
- Carved wooden rod, 35.5 cm, with a twisted cotton cord and an oblong-oval carved board, 18.5 × 3.3 cm. GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig SAm 14158.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, SAm 14158, 'Schwirrholz' (Curt Nimuendajú, before 1928)