Quiver with poison arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: May 2009
name: label: Collector
content: Judith Knight
label: Donor Name
content: Judith Knight
notes: label: Notes
content: 29 arrows, in a bamboo section quiver, with a grass plug. Cloth strap. Bow is wood with a palm riblet string. Judith Knight notes: "Collected in May 2009 from Jean Edward Nzenguie. 'Bandza' is the local term for the bamboo used to make the arrows. 'Munai' is the local term for poison arrows, and 'esola' is the term for quiver, 'eta' is the term for bow, 'mukamba' is term for the cord part of the bow. Used to shoot all kinds of [apes and] monkey, including gorilla, chimp, and mandrille -- the tip of the arrow stays in the flesh, the shaft falls on impact. Reportedly, it takes about half and hour for the poison to kill the animal"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 32
place: label: Place
content: Sogha village, Ikobey District, Ngounié Province, Gabon, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Babongo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2050990
label: USNM Number
content: E434696-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Quiver / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 53 cm
label: Circumference
content: 20 cm