Two-Man Blowpipes
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Hunters With The
The Papua-New Guinea Act ing Director of Native Affairs, Mr. J. K. McCarthy, on a recent trip to Kandrian, New Britain, described how the natives of that district once used blow pipes to hunt birds.
They were the only known natives in the whole of Papua- New Guinea to use blowpipes.
Fifteen to 20-foot hollowed out reeds , that were joined in three places, were used. Because of their length, two people usually went hunting together, with one hunter holding the far end as a “direction finder A feathered dart of black palm was used.