Blowgun

Museum number:

18-1664

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4655

Description:

Blowgun, ironwood, with iron spear point lashed to distal end with bamboo strips; curled iron wire at end of gun for sighting; tuft of hair [human ?] attached under bamboo lashing. For hunting game (s) [sic]. Length 209.0 cm. Shaft diameter 2.8 cm.

Donor:

Wyn Sargent

Collection place:

Borneo, Indonesia

Culture or time period:

Indonesian

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Blowguns

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

October 4, 1994

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

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