Blowgun Dart Quiver

Blowgun Darts

P1210A

From: Borneo

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1210A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo
Date Made Before 1897
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Peel | Wood | Bark | Pith
Description

Blowgun dart quiver consisting of a bamboo tube with a long, decoratively carved hook for hanging from belt attached to the side by means of a woven fiber ring. Second ring, above this, of rattan peel. 18 darts, two of the darts are inserted through a conical piece of plant material.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 or Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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