Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Blowgun and sheath, accession number 18-1579a,b, described as Blowgun/spear, sheath; a) blowgun, palmwood, iron spearhead at base; iron sight attached to base of shaft with rattan peel lashings; b) sheath, two pieces of Phillipine mahogany lashed together with copper wire; used to hunt monkeys, primarily. Sheath probably not aboriginal, probably made for shipping. “The sumpit is held with the two hands next to the face, Sight is taken from the end using both eyes. (The object appears between the two images of the sumpit far end.) The lips are placed around the mouthpiece, as with a straw. It is blown with a puff like a cornet. A Dayak can shoot accurately 20-25 meters.”