Arrow Poison
A529
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A529 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ainu |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | Surku (スㇽク). Arrow poison on the end of a bamboo stick. The Ainu used aconite, a posion made from the monkshood plant, to hunt. The exact method for its production was kept a secret and passed on from father to son. |
| Length | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901 |
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