Waodäni Spear
Waodäni Spear
- Collection ID
- OBJ.000422
- Type
- Object
- Date
- Mid-1900s
- Geography
- Ecuador
- Language
- N/A
- Medium
- Wood and Twine
- Dimensions
- 102.9 × 0.7 in. (261.5 × 1.8 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- On View at the Biblical History Center, LaGrange, Georgia
This spear was made and used by the Waodäni people of Ecuador . It is over eight feet long, with twine wound around a serrated point on one end. Missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian were killed by the Waodäni with spears like this one in 1957. After friendly relations with the Waodäni were established with Elisabeth Elliot and others, spears were only used for hunting and, in this case, given as gifts to friends. This spear was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
This spear was made and used by the Waodäni people of Ecuador . It is over eight feet long, with twine wound around a serrated point on one end. Missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian were killed by the Waodäni with spears like this one in 1957. After friendly relations with the Waodäni were established with Elisabeth Elliot and others, spears were only used for hunting and, in this case, given as gifts to friends. This spear was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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