- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- pith butt for blow pipe dart. [FB 04/06/2014]
- Long description
- pith butt for blow pipe dart. The butt was found in gourd vessel, see 1956.12.92 .1 [FB 04/06/2014]
- Cultural groups
- Penan
- Person
- Field collector Guy Arnold
- Field collector Oxford University Expedition to Borneo
- PRM source Guy Arnold
- PRM source Oxford University Expedition to Borneo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1956
- Date collected
- By 1956
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1956
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Pith, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter 10 mm, Length: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1956.12.92.8 Other numbers: 21
Search terms: Weapon, Blowpipe Dart
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