Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true…
Total 74.3 cm
Effective 71.2 cm
(Inside nock to base head)
Length 24 mm
Width 7.5-8 mm
20, 21 and 21 grams
India
Steel, reed, lacquer, pigments, wood, sinew
Description
A set of three arrows of identical size and with very similar decoration, but not belonging to the same set. They are undoubtedly from the same workshop and armory, though.
Fitted with facetted bodkin type heard, optimized for armor-piercing. Two heads are square in cross-section, the last is more of a flattened lozenge in cross-section.
The reed foreshafts are wrapped with sinew for reinforcement and painted with geometric designs.
The tails are similarly wrapped and decorated and terminate in bulbous nocks.
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal…