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Object Number
980-23-30/10554
Display Title
Blow gun, quiver, jawbone fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Blow gun (122 cm. long), wood wrapped with dark and light bark; quiver (39 cm. l), bamboo with pitch at one end, wrapped lid at other, and attached to a small gourd container of cotton (?) and a small piece of jawbone, probably used as a tool.
Inventory Description
Quiver with lid, filled with arrows. Fiber handle with gourd and fish jaw orname
Classification
- Quiver
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1975
Culture
- Auca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms
Eastern; Oriente; Napo and Misahaui Rivers, junction of
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 5 x 5 cm (15 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
980-23-30/10554
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