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Object Number 37-98-70/724.1
Display Title Bamboo blow gun
Descriptions
Indigenous Term foesi
Inventory Description Gun, bamboo blow gun, bamboo tube with open slit, bamboo dart inside
Classification
  • Gun
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Dimensions Overall: 113.5 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (44 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/724

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