Blowgun

87-8-62

From: Sulawesi | Ue Bone

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Sopu
Object Number 87-8-62
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Wana
Provenience Sulawesi | Ue Bone
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Cuscus Skin | Peel
Description

Blowgun (sopu). Used fairly commonly still, for hunting birds, cuscus, deer, monkeys, pigs, etc. See accompanying gear (87-8-63). bamboo pipe, with tail of cuscus (kuse) and rattan peel. Used: one patch of cuscus tail missing.

Length 233 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 82A - Other Number

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