Iriartella Setigera
A South American palm growing in the underwood of the forests on the Amazon and Rio Negro. The Indians use its slender stems for making their blow pipes or gravatanas, through which they blow small po...
A South American palm growing in the
underwood of the forests on the Amazon and Rio Negro. The Indians
use its slender stems for making their blow pipes or gravatanas,
through which they blow small poisoned arrows with accuracy to a
considerable distance.
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