. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 44 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY wooden paddle clubs with sharpened edges, spears, and blowguns. The Guiana blowgun was made of a section of bamboo tubing covered with pitch and bound tightly. The upper Amazon blowgun con- sisted of two pieces of chonta palm, grooved on the inside for the bore, and bound together with bast (Fig. 6). The mouthpiece was of carved Fig. 6. Yagua scene showing use of blowgun. Courtesy of Br. Paid Fejos. The blowguns were about eight feet long. The standard equipment for the blowgun included a bamboo quiver
. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 44 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY wooden paddle clubs with sharpened edges, spears, and blowguns. The Guiana blowgun was made of a section of bamboo tubing covered with pitch and bound tightly. The upper Amazon blowgun con- sisted of two pieces of chonta palm, grooved on the inside for the bore, and bound together with bast (Fig. 6). The mouthpiece was of carved Fig. 6. Yagua scene showing use of blowgun. Courtesy of Br. Paid Fejos. The blowguns were about eight feet long. The standard equipment for the blowgun included a bamboo quiver for the supply of split palm darts; a gourd full of tree cotton to be used as a wadding on one end of the dart; the jaw of a piranha fish, the teeth of which are sharp enough to cut a groove near. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953; Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982. New York, American Museum of Natural History
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