Antique Borneo Iban Carved Wood Statue Blowgun Hunter & Baby Tribal Malaysia
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Sumpitan is the Malay name for the blowgun. It is called sumpit in Iban, sipet in Dayak, seput in Kayan, and sumpit or put in Iban.1 The Acehnese call it sumpit or setumpit, the Bataks ultup and in Javanese it was called tulupan. It is the main distance weapon of the Dayak, used in both hunting and warfare. It shoots small poisoned darts with speeds exceeding 180 km/h, and is very accurate up to about 25 meters with a max effective range of about 50 meters. The darts are made of a sliver of hardwood or the rib of a palm leaf, with a cone of soft wood or tree marrow. The poison is a plant-based, fast-working nerve poison that is dangerous when it comes into the bloodstream but not when ingested, so animals killed this way can still be eaten. Provenance: Ex collection a prominent Physician, Dr Juan Ortiz Valderrama MD. He was also a world traveler that practiced and lived in Miami, Florida USA, died in 2018. Estate sale now for sale at eBay store. Benefits to surviving family.
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