ORANG ASLI BLOW PIPE

Blow-pipe are the traditional weapon of the Orang Asli. Usually, they are made of bamboo and wood. The most suitable kind of bamboo for the body is the 'sewor' because of its structure and it can be found easily in the Peninsular.

The blow-pipe is actually made-up of two layers of bamboo.  The inside layer had a diameter between 1 to 2 cm.  The blowing point can be made of wood or the beak of a hornbill.  Both the blowing point and the body of the blow-pipe are usually decorated with attractive designs.  The 'traditional bullets' used together with the blow-pipe are soaked in poison extracted from either the 'Ipoh Tree' or a kind of plat called 'Streyehros Ganus'.