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Blowgun2814/54

Blowgun with long, hollow, cylindrical wooden shaft. The shaft tapers slightly toward the bottom and is completely wrapped in tightly wound palm bark. At the top of the shaft is a rounded protrusion of resin holding what appears to be 2 thin strips of wood(?) that are light orange and white in colour. The hollow mouth piece is carved of wood and flares at both ends. It is smooth and shiny and attached to the shaft with resin.

Culture
Makuna
Material
wood, resin and palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/57

Blowgun with long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow on the inside. A second round hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end of the shaft, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece attached to the shaft with resin. Close to the shaft’s top is a rounded protrusion of resin holding two thin strips of wood(?) that are orange and white in colour.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/56

Blowgun with a long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow in the middle. A second smaller hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece, attached to the shaft with resin and a loop of hair.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/58

Blowgun with long, hollow, cylindrical palm wood shaft. A second, smaller hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end. Two circles of plant fibre are wrapped around the shaft near the bottom. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. At top is a flared wooden mouthpiece attached with resin and a thin circle of plant fibre.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin, palm fibre and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/55

Blowgun with long, cylindrical, hollow shaft. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. Close to the shaft’s top is a rounded protrusion of resin holding 2 thin strips of wood ? orange and white in colour. The hollow mouthpiece is carved of a red tinted wood and flares toward the top. It is attached to the shaft with resin. A thin ring of fibre is attached to the shaft at the centre bottom with resin. A second round hollow tube has been inserted into the end of the blowgun.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/53

Blowgun with long cylindrical wooden shaft. Shaft tapers slightly towards the base and is completely wrapped in thin strips of palm bark. A thick circle of plant fibre is wrapped around the shaft nearer the top. A hollow mouth piece, flared at both ends, is attached to the top of the shaft with resin.

Culture
Makuna
Material
wood, resin and palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlowgunB266

Plain dark finish. Long, hollow, cylindrical brown wood piece that has one bulbous end decorated with two horizontal grooves around it.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun1386/2 a-b

Blowgun with long, cylindrical shaft (part b) and flared, slightly conical wooden end that attaches to a cylinder (part a) that fits inside the shaft. Bands of incised geometric designs near centre with inscription of "1968," and at open end. String coiled around open end. Bands of braided plant fibre at centre and at conical end.

Culture
Southeast Asia
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Malaysia
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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