Blowgun
Unidentified Jívaro maker
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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