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Object Number
04-19-70/63080
Display Title
Blowgun arrows and quiver
Descriptions
Object Description
Blowgun arrows and quiver
Inventory Description
Darts and quiver, bamboo quiver and cap lid, braided rattan encircle quiver and lid, resinous accretion at base of quiver, small brown feathers at end of cap, cap tied to quiver with twisted fiber cordage, carved wooden two-pronged implement strung through rattan on quiver (possibly bow), small fragment of mirrored glass at end of implement, fifteen darts, darts thin and tapered, wood pith stoppers, one thicker dart with pith stopper, three darts without pith stoppers
Classification
- Blowgun
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Malaysia
/
Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms
Mandalan River
Dimensions
Overall (measurement of quiver, lidded): 33.5 × 8.3 × 6.1 cm (13 3/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63080
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