Lot 49
Tibetan Yak Horn Drinking Vessel & Shuar Blowgun Darts
Tibetan Yak Horn Drinking Vessel & Shuar Blowgun Darts
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Central Asia, Himalayan region, Tibet/Nepal, ca. mid-20th century CE; South America, Ecuador/Peru, Amazon Rainforest, Jivaroan people, Shuar tribe, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. A varied group of South American weapons and horn vessels. Included is a long dark wooden blow dart pipe adorned with raffia and seed bead tassels, with a side tube holding slender wooden darts tipped with kapok fibers, its pyrodecorated and pristine surface suggesting it was likely produced for tourist sale. A bamboo tube accompanied by a hollow gourd filled with kapok fibers may have served as a sheath for additional darts. Also featured is a large yak horn drinking vessel from the Himalayas, once used for chhaang (traditional barley beer), fitted with brass bands and a twisted fiber suspension cord. Completing the group is a smaller horn container, likely a powder horn, with iron eyelets for a leather cord and simple leather flaps capping its wider end. Size of large drinking horn: 15.5" L x 4" W (39.4 cm x 10.2 cm)
Provenance: private Star City, Arkansas, USA collection
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- Condition: Heavy green patina and oxidation on the drinking horn brass fitting, fraying to cord. Chips to horn and fittings are slightly loose. Small horn flask has chips and old inactive insect holes bored into the keratin. Leather straps are very stiff. Bamboo and gourd container are intact and excellent. Wood pipe has some scuffs, but also intact and excellent.
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