- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Blowpipe dart made from a long sliver of wood, sharpened at one end with cotton bound around the other. One of 23 darts [see 1981.33.114 .2 - .24] kept in a quiver [1981.33.114 .1]. [RH [OPS move] 15/3/2019]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Venezuela Orinoco River basin
- Cultural groups
- Sanumá
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- 1979 - 1980
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1981
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Bound, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 490 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1981.33.114.17 Other numbers: 40
Search terms: Weapon, Blowpipe Dart
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