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Curare Pot2814/49

Small dark brown round pot with slightly flared rim. Piece of brown cotton bundled inside pot.

Culture
Makuna
Material
clay, cotton fibre and curare resin
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver2814/46 a-t

Dark brown wooden dart holder (part a), with 19 darts (parts b-t). Quiver is long and cylindrical and narrows slightly towards the base. Made of palm wood, with resin around the base. String is tied around the rim and attaches to a lid woven in a zig zag pattern. There is a circular wooden bead attached to the string. Inside the quiver there is a bundle of sticks wrapped in twine to hold the darts in place. Each dart is composed of a thin wooden stick with cotton tied to the tips with a thin piece of string.

Culture
Makuna
Material
guarumo leaf, palm wood, fibre, curare resin, rubber, grass, resin and kapok fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/44

Flute with three wide pipes, wrapped in leaves. The ends are loose and frayed.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre, reed grass and bark
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/43

Flute with three wide pipes, wrapped in leaves. The ends are loose and frayed.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre, reed grass and bark
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/41

Flute with eight progressively shorter and narrower pipes, held together with palm twine tied around the width. The pipes are open at the mouth end and closed at the other.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre and reed grass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting Stick2814/39

Long thin wooden stick used for painting. Stick widens at base and has resin at the tip.

Culture
Makuna
Material
wood and resin
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2814/36

Toy made of a light, hollow spherical gourd. A wooden stick goes through the gourd and comes out the bottom to form a handle. Circular hole is at the centre of the gourd, and there are two circular indentations on the other side.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm seed and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Container2814/33

Ivory coloured tobacco snuff container made of a snail shell. There is resin around base of shell, attaching hollow tube made of wild pig bone, and glass on the underside of the shell, allowing visibility of the shell’s interior.

Culture
Makuna
Material
snail shell, pig bone, resin and glass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Tube2814/32

Egret bone tube, used to snort tobacco snuff. Long, hollow tube with resin in the centre.

Culture
Makuna
Material
egret bone and resin
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flute2814/30

Ivory coloured flute made of deer bone. Long hollow tube with a hole for the mouth, three finger holes along the side, and an open triangle shaped end.

Culture
Makuna
Material
deer bone
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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