Subject: kain chief
Culture: (n)Dani
Setting: tribal warfare, Irian Jaya highlands mid-20thc
Object: archery set
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Arrow Head bamboo, red pigment
New Guinea, Grand Valley of the Baliem, Kutelu area, Dani" ...
* Asmat Collection
"Seven Arrow Tips
bamboo New Guinea, Dani" ...
* Tarrant County College Northeast > Bell Library
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Bow wood, bamboo New Guinea, Grand Valley of the Baliem, Dani
This wooden bow with bamboo bow string was collected in 1961 from a man named Bi Iaul." ...
Arrows used in warfare do not have a long range and their design does not permit great accuracy.
They are constructed of a hardwood tip set into a reed shaft. Although the tips are not poisoned,
they are sometimes wrapped with orchid fiber which serves as an irritant." ...
