sumpit

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sumpit

(ˈsʌmpɪt)

(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) in Malaysia, a long wooden blowpipe, from which poison-tipped or barbed darts are blown, used primarily for hunting

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A physical illness of spiritual origin is characteristically experienced as something sharp thrust into the person's body--as if he or she had been struck by a dart from a blowgun (sumpit).

Basangiang: traditional healing through possession among the Katingan Ngaju of southern Borneo

Boys who are more mischievous would go for sumpit or sumpak (blowing mongo beans through a small bamboo tube), baseball, basketball, catching frogs or talangka, or beetle or gagamba contest.