A tool of great significance that is essentially a type of lasso. It is fashioned from the highly durable leaves of the Razor Palm Tree and weighted at one end by stones. Mastering the art of the banshee catcher has become an indispensable skill.

The banshee catcher is also an integral piece of a highly dangerous rite of passage where a life-long bond is formed with a Mountain Banshee. This creature is an airborne predator that lives in Pandora’s mountainous territory.

The banshee catcher was invented by Taronyu, an Kekunan clan legend. He was the first to successfully form a bond with a wild Mountain Banshee he named Rotalyu.

Each day, Taronyu would look to the sky to admire the soaring beasts. A deep desire to someday fly among them stewed inside him. With each tremendous flap of the wing, Taronyu was drawn to the graceful creature. He believed someday the Mountain Banshee and Na’vi would move through the sky as one. And he wanted to be the first to do it. How to catch the wild creature was the challenge.

Taronyu went to work. Braiding durable leaves to form a tightly wound rope, he fashioned a lasso to secure the beast’s neck. Three long strands weighted by rocks would knock the beast on its head with no long-lasting harm.

Climbing high into the mountains, Taronyu relentlessly studied one specific banshee for eight days. On the eighth day, with four flicks of the lasso, the banshee catcher caught the snout and soon the beast fell calm.

Taronyu triumphantly returned to his clan on the back of Rotalyu and earned the title of Kekunan Makto (Banshee Rider).