Blowgun Dart Quiver
Unidentified Canelos-Quichua maker
collected 1926
Bamboo, gourd, cotton, and monkey jaw
Overall: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Henry C. Reed, Class of 1931
29.4.3996
Geography
Place Made: Bobonaza River Region, Ecuador, South America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament: Accessory
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Carved, in gourd: La Junta do Gobierno / Saluta Cona / Mexico / 9 Ramona de Vargas
Provenance
Collected by Henry Clinton Reed (1907-1993) in Ecuador, 1920's; given to present collection, 1929.
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