Sumpitan

[Marc M.]

Some more objects from Indonesia/Borneo. A sumpitan blowpipe/spear, 1.80 meters oal. Binding spear tip/blow pipe solid. An arrow quiver made of bamboo with the belt hook and some arrows present.
Regards
Marc

[Albert]

Very nice and complete! Congrats.

[Marc M.]

Very nice and complete! Congrats.

Dag Albert
Bedankt voor uw reactie, thank you for your response. Facinating objects that don't seem to have that much interest.
Regards
Marc

[JeffS]

Very cool. The aso-motives on the belt hanger are great. What is the dark pointed object shown in the last two photos?

[wildwolberine]

Very cool. The aso-motives on the belt hanger are great. What is the dark pointed object shown in the last two photos?

JeffS,

My understanding is that those tools are used for carving/shaping the plant pith air seals for the blowgun darts. Beautiful set!

[Sajen]

JeffS,

My understanding is that those tools are used for carving/shaping the plant pith air seals for the blowgun darts. Beautiful set!

Agreed! ;)

Attached a pic of a very similar tool from the tolor in my collection.

[Sajen]

Facinating objects that don't seem to have that much interest.

Hi Marc,

I don't think so, nearly all Dayak ethnographic items are highly collectible. Your sumpitan is nice but the real treasure is the nice tolor. I would try to fix the open rotan bindings on both items.
There are several threads about these items, here are two:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5939&highlight=tolor
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20774&highlight=sumpitan

Best regards,
Detlef