1994.10.16.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Quiver [.1] with 15 blow-pipe darts [.2-.16]. [El.B 30/01/2008]

Geographical reference

Guyana

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana

Upper Mazaruni

Cultural groups

Akawaio

Person

Field collector Leslie Rooney

PRM source Daphne Seggar

PRM source Audrey Butt Colson

Date / Period

Date made: Circa 1949-1955

Date collected

circa 1949 - 1955

Acquisition information

Donated: 1994

Materials and processes

Material Cottonwool Fibre Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Resin Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Rope, Material String Plant, Process Woven, Process Plaited, Process Basketry

Dimensions

Diameter 85 mm, Length 355 mm each dart, approx, Height 365 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1994.10.16.1 Accession number: 1994.10.16.2 Accession number: 1994.10.16.3 Accession number: 1994.10.16.4 Accession number: 1994.10.16.5 Accession number: 1994.10.16.6 Accession number: 1994.10.16.7 Accession number: 1994.10.16.8 Accession number: 1994.10.16.9 Accession number: 1994.10.16.10 Accession number: 1994.10.16.11 Accession number: 1994.10.16.12 Accession number: 1994.10.16.13 Accession number: 1994.10.16.14 Accession number: 1994.10.16.15 Accession number: 1994.10.16.16

Research and responses

Silk cotton is a fibre similar to kapok and cotton. It comes from the seed husks of the bombax tree. [El.B 30/01/2008]

Search terms: Weapon, Basketry, Hunting, Quiver, Blowpipe Dart, Basket, Hunting accessory