Unique Collectible Vintage Authentic South American/Amazonian Quiver With Darts

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Unique Collectible Vintage Authentic South American/Amazonian Quiver With 12 Darts
The Quiver Is 9" and the Darts are different sizes crafted of wood.
This item comes from an antiques collector. I believe that due to its age it is solely collectible item and not to be used.
Darts were carried in quivers. In the cold-world darts were carried I quivers. These were most often made of a length of bamboo with a removable cover. Some had multiple inner tubes, each one just large enough to hold a single dart. In the new world, quivers were often woven from palm fronds, attached to a cord and slung around the neck or over a shoulder. The darts they contained consisted simply of a sharpened poisoned shaft with no piston, just a bit of sticky tree sap on the butt end. A hollow nut was also carried which contained kapok. When a target was sighted, the hunter would grab a dart and a pull a tuft of Kapok from the nut. This he would quickly roll onto the butt end of the dart where it adhered due to the tree sap. In its South American cultures wing, The American Museum Of Natural History shows an excellent continuous loop video of Warani Indians hunting a howler monkey with a blowgun using exactly this sort of dart. They also have an example of the palm leaf quiver and kapok filled nut on display as part of their permanent collection. In most places pellets were carried in leather, or woven bags attached to a belt.
Condition: Good vintage condition as seen on photos. Shipped with USPS priority mail.