Waodäni Poisoned Dart Blowgun
Waodäni Poisoned Dart Blowgun
OBJ.000423
Object
Mid-1900s
Ecuador
N/A
Wood and Reed
90.9 × 2.5 in. (231 × 6.5 cm)
Not on View
This poisoned dart blowgun was made and used by the Waodäni people of Ecuador. A thin, wooden, poisoned dart about 12 inches in length was inserted through the mouthpiece at one end. The hunter would blow the dart out the other end at their prey. The long length aided in accuracy. This poisoned dart blowgun was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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