Arrow poison
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Arrow poisons are used to poison arrow heads or darts for the purposes of hunting and warfare. They have been used by indigenous peoples worldwide and are still in use in areas of South America, Afric
Poisoned arrows exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum.
A lekythos depicting the encounter with Herakles and Pholus. The latter was killed by poisoned arrows.
Strychnos toxifera, a plant commonly used in the preparation of curare
The black-legged dart frog, a species of poison dart frog whose secretions are used in the preparation of poison darts.
Curare
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Curare is a common name for various alkaloid arrow poisons originating from plant extracts. Used as a paralyzing agent by indigenous peoples in Central and South America for hunting and for therapeuti
Chondrodendron tomentosum, the main source of 'tube curare' and principal source of D-tubocurarine (DTC), the alkaloid constituting medicinal curare
Curare darts and quiver from the Amazon rainforest
19th century depiction of hunting with blowguns in the Amazon rainforest