Quiver
Darts
SA4726
From: Brazil | Guyana
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | SA4726 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Wapisiana |
| Provenience | Brazil | Guyana |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Palm Leaf | Cotton |
| Description | Quiver with darts and cotton holder. For blow-gun. Made of palm-leaf pinnules bent over and bound with a double row of single-cord plaiting, and more loosely encircled by cords near the mouth. Within is the spiral roll of poisoned darts, points down. The melon-shaped bag holding the cotton is peculiarly plaited cord. |
| Length | 33.02 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.89 cm |
| Credit Line | Amazonian Expedition, William C. Farabee, 1916 |
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