NAME
  dart - small, hand-held piercing projectile

DESCRIPTION
  Darts are the most common blowgun missiles. They are usually made
  from palm-leaf midribs or from wood or bamboo splinters, and they may
  vary from 4 to 100 cm (1.5 to 40 inches) in length. A conelike bit of
  pith or a twist of fibre at the base of the dart makes it fit the tube
  snugly, ensuring that it will fly out of the tube from a puff of breath.
  Clay pellets or bits of bone are also used as darts. A hunter usually
  carries his darts in a quiver made of bamboo, basketry, wood, or leaves.

  To be effective against quarry larger than small birds, blowgun darts
  require poison. The darts often are notched so that the poisoned tip
  will break off in the victim.

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