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Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

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6o6 APPENDIX<br />

Page 326.<br />

The following description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peruvian blowpipe referred to is taken from<br />

<strong>the</strong> second volume <strong>of</strong> Reiss and Stiibel's monumental work, Kuliiir jiiid<br />

Industrie Siid-Amerikanischer Volkcr.<br />

It was brought from <strong>the</strong> Huallaga River (Peru), and consists <strong>of</strong> two grooved<br />

and hollowed-out halves <strong>of</strong> a palm-stem, carefully titted toge<strong>the</strong>r, and wound<br />

round with " ^ipo," which is covered besides with a layer <strong>of</strong> black wax. A short<br />

bone mouthpiece is fitted into it.<br />

The quiver consists <strong>of</strong> a bamboo arrow-receptacle with a gourd-shell bottom,<br />

and a lining <strong>of</strong> dried palm-leaves in which <strong>the</strong> small blowpipe arrows are firmly<br />

stuck.<br />

It has a cap-shaped covering, a gourd-like receptacle containing cotton-wool,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> half-jaw <strong>of</strong> a fish called " pana," set with sharp teeth.<br />

The arrows measure 24. 5 cm. in length, and are made out <strong>of</strong> palm-leaf ribs.<br />

Pago 332. Benua Dart Poison.^<br />

Ingredients <strong>of</strong> Poison.

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