Sumpit

Sumpit (5) and dart quiver (6) from the Batak people of Palawan, Philippines (c. 1926)
Sumpitan quiver and poison cup from the Dayak people of Sabah, Malaysia
Illustration of various sumpitan from Indonesia (c. 1891)

Sumpit and sumpitan are general terms for blowguns, usually tipped with iron spearheads, used for hunting and warfare in the islands of the Philippines, Borneo, and Sulawesi. They were also known as zarbatana by the Spanish (Old Spanish variant of cerbatana, "lance").[1]

  1. ^ Marinas, Amante P. Sr. (17 April 2012). Blowgun Techniques: The Definitive Guide to Modern and Traditional Blowgun Techniques. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462905546.