Blowgun
17770A
From: Philippine Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 17770A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Reed (uncertain) |
| Description | Long bamboo tube (node visible near one end) with narrow bore insert and outer wrapping, now much damaged. Incised decoration at both ends of bamboo. On Edredge's list as "Borneo?" but does not resemble ironwood Dayak blowguns. description of Philippine blowguns in Herbert W. Krieger, The Collection of Primitive Weapons . . of the Philippine Islands . . . (1926) pp. 57-62. |
| Length | 197 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1896 |
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