Thursday, May 7, 2009

Blowgun from Kalimantan

Blowgun from the original tribe borneo is a stick of wood is formed of a rod pipe the formed the hole to throw a arrow in a way be blown. At the tip of the blowgun is given a knife and focus to such of target.

The process of hollow rod with a wooden blowgun is how to play while pressing a steel wire that is sharp the tip, the wire length is adjusted to the length of a stick that will be formed to the blowgun, the length of blowgun is usually between two to three meters.
Basically the blowgun used by the native tribe of Borneo Dayak or Kutai as a means of hunting animals such as deer, rabbits or deer forest. Not only that, the blowgun also is used to immobilize the opponent defense or in combat. Blowgun became very powerful because it can be used in a relatively remote distance without direct physical contact and do not cause noise.

The bullet processed such as shaft a small arrow its from tree branches anau such a forest of coconut leaves are used for normal roof hut the tribe of borneo. At the base point bullet are given a kind of plug for pressure when the blown, and the tip of the bullet is given the toxic from sap of trees. the spread this poison directly into the bloodstream and damage the instantaneous for organ function causing death in a very short time.

Blowgun at this time is very rarely found as only few people to make at this time and usualy only serve as a heirloom of families from generation to generation on the native tribe of Borneo.

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