Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the spearhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut, long, with four small, sharpened barbs along one side.

Long arrow. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the arrowhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut. Two flared barbs sit at midpoint, narrowing to a point. Edges above barbs are sharpened. Lines of geometric design are etched into the arrowhead around barbs are below midpoint.

Long arrow. Shaft is made from a light grass material. A fletching of two feathers is attached to the base by fibre twine, where a thick line of adhesive begins to spiral part way down the shaft. The shaft maintains its diameter along its length until it is shaved slightly at its proximal end where it joins with the arrowhead. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection. Head is of a dark brown wood, possibly Peruvian walnut. Proximal portion of head is rounded, squaring toward centre, then narrowing to a long, sharp, distal point. Etched into the head are ‘x’ designs.

Bow, made of a heavy dark wood, is relatively wide at centre, narrowing toward each end where it culminates in carved pegs. A braided rope of cotton spans the length of the bow and is knotted around each peg. The centre portion of the bow is fully wrapped with thin cotton fibre. Designs have been drawn on both sides of the fibre in black ink.

Dance belt. Consists of central wooden plaque (part a), slightly concave, and two separate flat pieces that sit on the right (part b) and on the left (part c). Central portion is frontal face with clenched teeth and bulging eyes. Sides pieces are carved with serpent-like heads with protruding tongues, seen in profile. Pieces may originally have been joined with cloth strips. Metal loops on the back of each panel for hanging.

Triple whistle made of three single whistle parts of equal length which are now rebound as two separate pieces (parts a-b). Part a consists of two parts bound together with cord; part b is the third matching part from the other side, which is now detached. The outer pieces are rectangular in cross section while the middle piece is square in cross section. All three pieces are bound with cord near their outer ends and middle. Upper portions of each whistle are painted blue, as is the binding at that end. The middle and left side pieces (part a) are bound together at their tapered ends with white cord. The right side piece (part b) shows past evidence (indented cord marks) of being bound at the end. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there are hollowed areas through each tapered end, through to the cut out rectangular holes.

Gift of Victor P. Nunez

Gift of Victor P. Nunez

Gift of Victor P. Nunez

Gift of Victor P. Nunez