blowpipe darts; blowpipe dart quiver

Cylindrical bamboo blowpipe dart quiver decorated with bands of highly polished rattan with cap made from strips of polished, plaited rattan containing 17 bamboo blowpipe darts (possibly poisonous), most with concial end sections and 60 hollow bamboo tubes probably used sheath blowpipe darts inside quiver. Sample of woollen-like textile coloured pink-grey used as padding for inside of quiver cap also present. 15.5 x 3.75".

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