Blowgun

Unidentified Jívaro maker

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collected 1926

Wood, bamboo, and lacquer

Overall: 108 1/4 in. (275 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Henry C. Reed, Class of 1931

29.4.3986

Geography

Place Made: Pastaza River region, Ecuador, South America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Henry Clinton Reed (1907-1993) in Pastaza River, Ecuador, 1926; given to present collection, 1929.

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