Big & little bow + 2 types of arrows - where are these from?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by journeymagazine, Nov 13, 2024.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Hi
    I found these last week at a thrift store. There are 2 size bows (1 large & 1 really small), 2 kinds of arrows both with different sizes in each group + 1 group has wooden tips with barbs on one side & the other group has metal(?) tips with 1 or no barbs.
    Also these have a couple really long Shafts, but the arrow head us small.
    Where are these from?
    I believe the smaller bow and wood arrows are S. Pacific?
    Finally, are these real or souvenirs?
    Thanks very much for any help!

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  2. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Based on the tropical feathers and the woven quiver, they may be from the Brazilian Amazon.
     
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  3. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Too well done, too detailed an' lethal for tourist crap, I believe. Got no idea from where...but something tells me they're for fish, versus land-critters. Nice catch!
     
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  4. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I thought it had to be something small - especially with the size of the metal ones
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    arrows like that were often used for birds and monkeys....
     
  6. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I did image search on quiver & found S Pacific island that looks like the quiver and metal tips arrows, but i also found arrows that look like the wooden ones t hat were Indian?!

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  7. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

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  8. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Komokwa, the quiver matches S Pacific island, as do some arrows & maybe small bow - but doesn't wood on my large bow, as well as wood arrows , look like wood from 'Old Indian Bow' listing?
     
  9. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    I have found some similar looking bows. Looks like black palm tree bow?
     
  10. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    New Guinea?
     
  11. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I don't know
     
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  12. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    It is unlikely that the arrows with the feathers in the middle of the shaft were made for actual use. The feathers there would have interfered with accurate flight. Probably tourist items.

    The longest, simplest arrows, with the barbed heads, are better candidates for being genuine.

    I still think they are all from somewhere in South America -
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    You did not provide links to any of the images you posted earlier, so I cannot follow up on those to see if the identifications seem accurate.
     
  13. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    This is for the bow , scroll down till you see it & Old Indiam Bow
    https://shcivilwarantiques.com/catalog/indian-arrowheads/indian-arrowheads-beadwork-page-4/


    Some of these look like mine

    https://iansaude.com/shop/art-artifacts/7-arrows

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