Blow Dart Item Number: 1437/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A dart with a long stem, a short arrow point, and a wood base.
Narrative
Originally donated to the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society by "Mr. R. A. Dobson, [who] had them given to him while he was stationed along the border of Batchewananland [sic - Bechuanaland] and Botswana between 1965 and 1968. He ...was told they were made by the Kalahari Bushmen of that region."
Item History
- Made in Botswana ?
- Owned by Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society before October 26, 1990
- Received from Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (Transferring institution) on October 26, 1990
What
- Name
- Blow Dart
- Identification Number
- 1437/3
- Type of Item
- dart
- Material
- bone, poison resin and wood
- Overall
- height 12.7 cm, width 1.3 cm, depth 0.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
- Received from
- Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Botswana ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1990
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1437/0003