- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Blowpipe. Made from bamboo with an inner tube. There is a flared ?wooden mouthpiece, beneath this the pipe is bound with hide. There are two resin sights. [AB [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
- Long description
- Blowpipe. Made from bamboo with an inner tube. There is a flared ?wooden mouthpiece, beneath this the pipe is bound with hide. There are two resin sights. One of a set of five blowpipes, for the full set see 1941.3.99 - 1941.3.103. [AB [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Macusi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1941
- Date collected
- By 1941
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 03/1941
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 28 mm, Length: max 2320 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1941.3.103
1941.3.103
Blowpipe. Made from bamboo with an inner tube. There is a flared ?wooden mouthpiece, beneath this the pipe is bound with hide. There are two resin sights. [AB [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
1941.3.103
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