| Native Name | Deteti |
| Object Number | 65-10-87 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Bone | Fiber | Resin (material) |
| Description | Slender, slightly curved wooden handle; jawbone of pig lashed with some plain, some waxed cord; cutting edge consists of two protruding eye teeth; back teeth on one side of jaw covered by cord, on other teeth broken off. Used largely ceremonially, fertility rites, used to help ambush green corn spirit. |
| Length | 36.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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