Arrow case

Museum number:
18-1546a-p
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21181546a@2dp
Accession number:
Acc.3800
Object count:
16
Description:
Quiver with blowgun darts. Quiver made from hollowed out bamboo stalk with lid attached by twisted fiber, decorated with bands of braided rattan which also hold in place a hardwood handle with pig carving; darts are thin sticks of bamboo with pitch knobs at one end. (a,b) Quiver and lid. Length 38.5 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm. (c-o) Darts. Length 21.5 cm. to 26.0 cm.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Quivers
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow case, accession number 18-1546a-p, described as Quiver with blowgun darts. Quiver made from hollowed out bamboo stalk with lid attached by twisted fiber, decorated with bands of braided rattan which also hold in place a hardwood handle with pig carving; darts are thin sticks of bamboo with pitch knobs at one end. (a,b) Quiver and lid. Length 38.5 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm. (c-o) Darts. Length 21.5 cm. to 26.0 cm.

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