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[Item 1: 122M88 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 2: 122M95 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 9: AB-104-11 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 16: AB-18-42 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 29: All-036 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 30: All-087 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 31: All-117 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 32: All-292 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 33: All-296 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 43: B-19-2-6309 -- possible olla],
[Item 47: CD-113-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 49: CD-113-60- -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a pucuna (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 50: CD-113-60-entry2 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a "pucuna" (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 56: CD-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 60: CD-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 61: CD-13-15-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 64: CD-13-2-6156 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 65: CD-135-26 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 74: CD-171-2-6208 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 77: CD-173-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 85: CF-104-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 88: F-13-7 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 90: FA-104-12 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 93: FB-111 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 96: FB-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 99: FE-101 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 112: FE-103-6 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 129: FE-131-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 131: FE-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 136: FE-13-19 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 137: FE-13-3 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 146: FE-172-2 -- Adungu],
[Item 147: FE-172-2-entry2 -- Adungu],
[Item 158: FF-104-2-B -- Mitei, mite],
[Item 162: FF-135-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 163: FF-14 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 186: FF-189-6 -- sambe],
[Item 187: FF-189-6-entry2 -- sambe],
[Item 190: FF-222-8 -- Shango],
[Item 200: FG-102-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 202: FG-104-20 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 208: FG-122-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 209: FG-13-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 215: FG-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 216: FG-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 217: FG-13-2-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 220: FG-13-5 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 222: FG-13-6-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 227: FG-152-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 235: FG-18-8 -- Faifai],
[Item 326: [unknown26] -- Nomoli],
[Item 252: GD-103-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 275: GE-222 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 289: GH-223-XXX -- Likely a Honh bell],
[Item 290: GH-223-XXX-entry2 -- Dril bu],
[Item 291: N-127 -- None specifically],
[Item 295: N-232 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 296: N-232-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 297: N-250 -- Punca (in Yagua)],
[Item 298: N-250-1 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a Apucuna@ (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 301: [unknown01] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 302: [unknown02] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 304: [unknown04] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 305: [unknown05] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan masks],
[Item 309: [unknown09] -- wa],
[Item 310: [unknown10] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 312: [unknown12] -- wik?ro or s?],
[Item 316: [unknown16] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan mask],
[Item 317: [unknown17] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 318: [unknown18] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 325: [unknown25] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 321: [unknown21] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 324: [unknown24] -- [artifact name unknown]],
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Item 297: N-250 -- Punca (in Yagua)

Child's miniature blowgun made out of a hollow wooden sick which tapers slightly from the top to the bottom. It is wrapped in fibers, probably bark, and coated in black beeswax. A bone mouthpiece was originally included but is now missing.

References Cited: Br?ning, Hans H. 1928. Travelling in the Aguaruna Region. Dietrich Reimer, pp. 46 85. Berlin. Accessed on eHraf.

Harner, Michael J.1973. The J?varo: people of the sacred waterfalls. Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1973. vi, 234 p57. Garden City, N.Y. Accessed on eHraf.

Waymire, John. n.d. The Yagua and Their Blowguns. electronic doocument: http://www.biobio.com/dock/Yagua.html. Accessed April 30, 2008.

Additional Information: American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Division. Internet Source Accessed April 30, 2008. http://anthro.amnh.org/

Culture: Amazonian Rainforest in Eastern Peru and Ecuador

Culture Area: South America

Date Acquired: 1966 October 8

Dimensions: Length: 103cm (including mouthpiece). Width: 2.5cm

Donor: Mrs. Robert G. Harris

General Area of the World: Jivaro (also called Shuar) or possibly Yagua

Material: Wood, fibers, bone mouthpiece (missing), beeswax coating.

Outline of Cultural Materials Code: Weapon 411, Hunting and Trapping 224, Childhood Activities 857, Food Processing 250

Outline of World Cultures Code: Jivaro SD09

Use and Background: Adult hunting blowguns usually range from 2.5 to 3 meters in length (Bruning 1928). Therefore, this blowgun, which is less than half that length is most likely a child's blowgun used for developing the skill of blowgun hunting. At the age of six a boy's father presents him with his first blowgun, which is identical in form (as can be seen by this artifact) but shorter. The child uses practices with the blowgun by shooting at small birds around the garden where his mother works. Any game killed by the child during this stage is cooked by the mother, but may not be eaten by the child because it is believed this will result in an inability to kill game later in life. The child continues to use the blowgun only around the house until he has developed sufficient skill. Around the age of nine a child's father takes him into the jungle and gives him his first formal instruction on blowgun hunting (Harner 1973). The blowgun is made from a single piece of chonta palm which is split in two and pieced back together. It is held together by fibers which are wrapped around the barrel and then coated with black beeswax (Harner 1973). Jivaro blowguns also include a small bone sight which is pasted on near the mouth piece (Bruning 1928), this is probably what is indicated on the artifact's original donation card but it has since been lost.

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[Item 1: 122M88 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 2: 122M95 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 9: AB-104-11 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 16: AB-18-42 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 29: All-036 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 30: All-087 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 31: All-117 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 32: All-292 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 33: All-296 -- Tumbuna (ancestor figure), Nambunda (carving) (Leigh N. d., Silverman 1996:30 49)],
[Item 43: B-19-2-6309 -- possible olla],
[Item 47: CD-113-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 49: CD-113-60- -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a pucuna (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 50: CD-113-60-entry2 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a "pucuna" (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 56: CD-13 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 60: CD-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 61: CD-13-15-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 64: CD-13-2-6156 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 65: CD-135-26 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 74: CD-171-2-6208 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 77: CD-173-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 85: CF-104-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 88: F-13-7 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 90: FA-104-12 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 93: FB-111 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 96: FB-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 99: FE-101 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 112: FE-103-6 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 129: FE-131-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 131: FE-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 136: FE-13-19 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 137: FE-13-3 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 146: FE-172-2 -- Adungu],
[Item 147: FE-172-2-entry2 -- Adungu],
[Item 158: FF-104-2-B -- Mitei, mite],
[Item 162: FF-135-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 163: FF-14 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 186: FF-189-6 -- sambe],
[Item 187: FF-189-6-entry2 -- sambe],
[Item 190: FF-222-8 -- Shango],
[Item 200: FG-102-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 202: FG-104-20 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 208: FG-122-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 209: FG-13-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 215: FG-13-15 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 216: FG-13-2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 217: FG-13-2-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 220: FG-13-5 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 222: FG-13-6-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 227: FG-152-1 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 235: FG-18-8 -- Faifai],
[Item 326: [unknown26] -- Nomoli],
[Item 252: GD-103-10 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 275: GE-222 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 289: GH-223-XXX -- Likely a Honh bell],
[Item 290: GH-223-XXX-entry2 -- Dril bu],
[Item 291: N-127 -- None specifically],
[Item 295: N-232 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 296: N-232-entry2 -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 297: N-250 -- Punca (in Yagua)],
[Item 298: N-250-1 -- The Yaguas call the blowgun a Apucuna@ (Waymire n.d..).],
[Item 301: [unknown01] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 302: [unknown02] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 304: [unknown04] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 305: [unknown05] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan masks],
[Item 309: [unknown09] -- wa],
[Item 310: [unknown10] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 312: [unknown12] -- wik?ro or s?],
[Item 316: [unknown16] -- Deangle or Bonagle Dan mask],
[Item 317: [unknown17] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 318: [unknown18] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 325: [unknown25] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 321: [unknown21] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[Item 324: [unknown24] -- [artifact name unknown]],
[File cabinet 1],
[File cabinet 2],
[File cabinet 3],
[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
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