| Native Name | Nupe |
| Object Number | 65-10-166B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Grass | Quill |
| Description | Wooden blade and handle, blade and point not sharp; machete type; handle slightly curved at base, wrapped with black, white, and red cord and yellow razor grass; four porcupine quills extend from top of wrapping. Used in initiation rites in ceremonial clearing of the field. |
| Length | 47.5 cm |
| Width | 5.7 cm |
| Thickness | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
| Other Number | 65-10-166 - Old Museum Number |
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