Bidspirit auction | 3 Guna Handmade Wood ”Nasi”

3 Guna Handmade Wood ”Nasi” Fishing Spears - Three traditional, hand-carved wooden fishing spear heads (Nasi) from the Guna (Kuna/Cuna) culture of the San Blas Islands, Panama. The tagged piece is a well-crafted 13.75-inch spearhead with a carved ”arrowhead” terminal point.  The tag reads: NASI spear point, from USTUPU, San Blas, R. de Panama. 18 Nov. 1969. ” Also in the lot is a 12.5-inch double-pointed spearhead engineered for quick field reversal in rocky mangrove flats, and a petite 7.75-inch dual-barbed tool designed to slip into narrow coral crevices for lobster and crab extraction. Provenance: From the private estate collection of Captain Kit S. Kapp (1926–2013), noted American explorer, ethnologist, and cartographer. Gathered during his historic maritime and ethnographic expeditions to the San Blas Islands and Darién region of Panama between 1961 and 1972.