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: Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 3-13056, described as Tarascan spear thrower.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blowgun, accession number 16-15307, described as Blowgun; wood; designs in black and red paint include ovals, chevrons and dots; bird feathers glued on ca. every 34 cm; bell-shaped mouthpiece; 1. 2.18 M
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blowgun, accession number 18-1664, described as Blowgun, ironwood, with iron spear point lashed to distal end with bamboo strips; curled iron wire at end of gun for sighting; tuft of hair [human ?] attached under bamboo lashing. For hunting game (s) [sic]. Length 209.0 cm. Shaft diameter 2.8 cm.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blow gun, accession number 16-20038, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blowgun, accession number 10-1131a-c, described as a) Bamboo blowgun; pyroengraved; 3 bands wrapped cord; 87” L.; b) Bamboo tube quiver and cover; carved wood handle; plaited rattan bands; c) 12 darts; 1 cork tip; 2 wood; 9 without
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blow gun, accession number 16-20055, no description available.
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
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S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
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S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966)
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S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
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S1966-1967 #106: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 9, 1967–May 9, 1967)
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S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971)
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S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown)
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S1965-1966 #88: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966)
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S1965-1966 #92: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966)
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S1967-1968 #61: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967)
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S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968)
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