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Blowgun

Spear

Object Number:P1192A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Kayan (uncertain)
Provenience: Borneo
Dutch West Borneo
Mendalam River
Date Made: 1897
Early Date: 1897
Late Date: 1897
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Wood
Metal
Peel
Credit Line:Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

Description

Blowgun spear. Sumpitan. Wooden blowgun with narow lanceoate iron spear point attached to end.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Davenport, William H. "Selections from the Exhibition: The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rainforest". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 30. no. 1. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 42 (a)View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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