Gourd
Kapok
51-28-3
From: Colombia | Rio San Juan
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 51-28-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Choco |
| Provenience | Colombia | Rio San Juan |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gourd | Fiber | Kapok |
| Description | Two small gourds of pear shape, undecorated. Connected with cord by means of permanent stoppers in small orifices. Small round holes cut in bottoms through which kapok, with which they are filled, is extracted for placing around bases of blowgun darts. |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. Kent, 1951 |
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