Blowgun quiver and eight blowgun darts. Tucano, Brazil. a) Quiver: Twill plaited cane with mastic base, and some mastic embedded between layers of the body; 1. 33 cm. b-i: Eight (8) blowgun darts, palm wood splints with Kapok at blunt ends. Length each circa 28.5 cm. Splints are held in a nest of fibrous material.
Donor:
Elizabeth Heller Quimbaya
Collection place:
Department of Vaupes, Colombia
Verbatim coll. place:
Tuconoan attr.
Culture or time period:
Tucanoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Plaited weaving, and Quivers