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Object Number
994-29-70/5749.1
Display Title
Quiver with blow-gun darts
Descriptions
Object Description
Bamboo quiver with braided plant fiber bands attaching carved wooden decorated piece with which to hook quiver onto things; ends of quiver packed with resin; top of quiver attached to body with twisted vegetable cordage; thinner twisted vegetable cordage hangs from wooden piece; 15 thin, sharp blow-gun darts with lightweight wood ends inside quiver
Inventory Description
Quiver, base, cylindrical bamboo, braided fiber bands, carved wood element at si
Classification
- Quiver
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines?
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 10.3 x 7.1 cm (12 3/16 x 4 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
994-29-70/5749.1
Provenance
Donor
Martha Bullock
(12/15/94)
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