Poison arrow set; quiver, arrows, glass jar with poison

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Object Number 985-18-30/11061

Display Title Poison arrow set; quiver, arrows, glass jar with poison

Descriptions

Object Description Poison arrow set; quiver, arrows, glass jar with poison, and fiber bag with silk grass (latter used to weight arrow shafts) quiver and arrows of abmboo; poison is curare.

Inventory Description Reed quiver, fiber ties with woven bag, glass jar with powder.

Classification

Quiver
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Amuesha?
Campa de Gran Pajonal?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Brazil

Additional Geographic Terms Amazonia

Materials Reed, Fiber, Wood, Glass, Bamboo, Silkgrass, Curare

Dimensions Overall: 39.8 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (15 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 985-18-30/11061

Provenance

Collector Georges Barrel (1926-1938 - 1985)

Donor Georges Barrel (1926-1938 - 1985)

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	985-18-30/11062	Poison arrow set; quiver, arrows,gourd for poison (empty)	Raw Material Quiver	Brazil
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Image Not Available for "Scraping hides, working on hides": Group of men working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3), including !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) using sinew to bind the end of an arrow shaft, "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, and "/Qui Navel" putting poison on an arrow shaft (print is a cropped image)	2001.29.30396	"Scraping hides, working on hides": Group of men working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3), including !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) using sinew to bind the end of an arrow shaft, "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, and "/Qui Navel" putting poison on an arrow shaft (print is a cropped image)		Gautscha
	35-25-30/1081	Quiver of bamboo for blow-gun darts and 29 darts with poison	Quiver	Tucano?
	35-25-30/1082	Bamboo dart quiver - for blow gun containing darts - one without poison	Quiver	Tucano?
Image Not Available for Arrows, arrow poison: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)	2001.29.30300	Arrows, arrow poison: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)		Gautscha
	991-17-30/11735B	Gourd with poison, tunta-tsentsak, the poison, tseas	Box	Ecuador
	972-34-50/11642.1	Quiver, hard leather cylinder, hide strap, incised linear design on body/ endcap	Quiver	Kenya

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