Blow Gun

58-37-45

From: Ecuador

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 58-37-45
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jivaro
Provenience Ecuador
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Wood | Bark | Pitch | Bone
Description

One of two blowguns (see 58-37-46): long, straing. Made of 2 sections of wood, bound with long encircling broad bands of bark and covered with pitch (bark coming off). Short mouthpieces of bone at lower (broader) end.

Length 227 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958
Other Number L-256-1 - Old Loan Number

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