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Crayfish Spear2600/8

Spear for catching crayfish. Four bent barbed nails fastened to a palm wood handle by wire and fibre rope. The end of the handle is notched, possibly to attach an extension.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood, plant fibre, tar resin, fibre and metal
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2600/6

Adult's polished dark brown bow without bowstring. Bow tapers from the middle toward both ends. Notches are carved in both ends where the bow sting would be wound and pulled taut.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow2600/5

Child's wooden bow, without bowstring. Bow tapers from the middle toward both ends. 1.5 cm notches are carved in both ends, where the string would be wound.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2600/4

Child's blowgun made of palm wood and wound tightly with vine. Long cylindrical barrel is slightly tapering and appears to have been made in two longitudinally cut pieces held together by the vine and string-like fibres wound at both ends. The tapered end has a small flat section, possibly used to balance one's fingers when taking aim.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2600/3 a-c

Blowgun in three pieces. Long tapering cylindrical barrel cut longitudinally and held together by twined vine. Connecting ends of the barrel are segmented to fit together.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
palm wood and plant fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2600/2 a-ss

Quiver and dart set. Cylindrical wooden quiver (part a) with lid (part b) is attached to hollow corked gourd (part c) by rope-like fibre. The gourd is stuffed with a natural coloured fibre. There are forty-one barbed darts (d-ss), two of which have wound wool-like fibres at one end; part f is a piece of fibre.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
reed grass, tar resin, palm wood and fibre
Made in
San Juan River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bullroarer2623/11

Wooden bullroarer, tapered at ends and sides, with small hole and indentation at one end for the corded bark fibre string. Body of bullroarer is carved and painted with linear and zigzag-type designs.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark fibre, black palm wood and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth Harp2623/5

Wooden mouth harp. Hollowed-out semi-cylindrical harp tapers to a point at one end. Instrument is cut into three segments from 3.5 cm in from widest end, down to the point. A corded segment of plant fibre strings three red and brown feathers.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle2623/1

Single piece of black palm wood, tapered at both ends. One tip painted pink-red, with faint remains of pink-red and white stripes at sides. Band of feathers attached to fibre around centre. Feathers are brown and red, with one yellow-white and one blue. Diagonal cuts painted pink-red and white by feather band. Band of fringed grass fibre further up. Two holes bored at one end with plant fibre tied through - both bundles painted pink-red at tips with feathers tied to the ends. Notches scored in wood a top sides.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm wood, plant fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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