Blowgun/spear w/ darts

Museum number:
18-1295
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001295
Accession number:
Acc.3793
Description:
Blowgun/ spear model; cane shaft with varicolored dyed bands; metal barbed spear at one end, blowgun “darts” (4) secured in place near opposite end; decorated with multicolored dyed feathers. Tourist item. Said by donor to come from Philippines but no blowguns there. May have been imported, however, for tourist trade. More likely from Borneo. Length 149.8 cm.
Donor:
Fred Raulino
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Blowgun darts and Blowguns
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blowgun/spear w/ darts, accession number 18-1295, described as Blowgun/ spear model; cane shaft with varicolored dyed bands; metal barbed spear at one end, blowgun “darts” (4) secured in place near opposite end; decorated with multicolored dyed feathers. Tourist item. Said by donor to come from Philippines but no blowguns there. May have been imported, however, for tourist trade. More likely from Borneo. Length 149.8 cm.

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