Container Item Number: 2600/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Broken half-gourd filled with tree cotton.
History Of Use
Container for the cotton used with blowgun darts.Used by hunting men only. The darts are poisoned in the secretions of the tree frog. After, the tree cotton is wrapped around one end of the dart to seal the canal so that the dart can be ejected from the blowgun by sharp blowing.
Specific Techniques
The tree cotton is retrieved from the pods of a palm tree.
Item History
- Made by Olegario Pena ? (Maker) in Pimia River, Choco, Colombia between 1951 and 1952
- Collected between 1951 and 1952
- Owned by Jacob Loewen and Anne Loewen before July 22, 2003
- Received from Jacob Loewen (Donor) and Anne Loewen (Donor) on July 22, 2003
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- 2600/7
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- gourd fruit and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 6.0 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Wounaan
- Creator
- Olegario Pena ? (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Jacob Loewen and Anne Loewen
- Received from
- Jacob Loewen (Donor) and Anne Loewen (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
When
- Creation Date
- between 1951 and 1952
- Collection Date
- between 1951 and 1952
- Ownership Date
- before July 22, 2003
- Acquisition Date
- on July 22, 2003
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 95
- Accession Number
- 2600/0007