Waráyang
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a serpentine arrowhead.
Trisúla
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a trident shaped head.
Paspáti
Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a crescent moon shaped arrowhead.
Chákra
Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a wheel attached.
Pana
Old Javanese word for "arrow".
Gendewa
Old Javanese name for bow.
Box of Javanese arrows
Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.
Usa dunna (උස දුන්න)
Sinhalese name for their longbow. Literally: "high bow".
Maha dunna (මහා දුන්න)
Sinhalese term for a longbow. Literally: "great bow".
Ītala (ඊතල)
Sinhalese word for "arrow".
A fine Sinhalese bow
Made in the Four Workshops of the King of Kandy.
Dunna (දුන්න)
Sinhalese word for "bow".
A Sinhalese lacquered bow
With classic cinnabar red, yellow, green and black lacquered decoration.
Sinhalese lacquer work
Sri Lankan craftsmen used methods of applying decorative lacquer that did not involve a brush to great effect.
A rare bow from Kashmir
A sinew-backed bow with rather nice lacquer work.
Three Indian war arrows
Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.
Phal (फल / پھل)
Hindi. Literally "fruit". Name for blades, arrowheads, spearheads.
Tarkash (ترکش )
Persian word for quiver, also used in North India.
Tīr (तीर)
Hindi loan word from Persian for "arrow" or "arrows".
Two Indian flight arrows
Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.
Three Indian anti-siege arrows
Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.
Five Indian arrows
From the same set, but with a variety of different arrowheads.
Eight Indian bodkin arrows
Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.
Seven Indian broadhead arrows
With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.
Antique archery equipment
The Baltimore show is canceled and travel banned, so I will be staying at home for the foreseeable future.
Gōng (弓)
Chinese word for bow.
Qing bow glossary
A glossary of terminology regarding the Manchu style bow that was in common use during the Qing dynasty.
An interesting Japanese yari
Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.
Shào jiàn (哨箭)
Chinese for a class of whistling arrows that combine a whistle with an arrowhead.
Measurements of a Qing war arrow
The standard military arrow of the Qing empire in numbers.
Zhànjiàn (戰箭)
Qing Chinese term meaning "war arrow". The standard Qing military arrow.
Chahār kham
The "four curved" bow
Measurements of a chahār-kham bow
For the bowyers and archery researchers, detailed measurements of an antique chahār-kham bow.
Measurements of a North Indian bow
For the bowyers and archery researchers, detailed measurements of an antique North Indian bow "kaman" type.
North Indian composite bow
With whimsical tiger and deer decoration.
Méizhēnjiàn (梅针箭)
Chinese name for a type of Qing military arrow.
Large Central Asian composite bow
With design features reminiscent of Persian and Indian bows.
Two fine north Indian arrows
With points mimicking the shape of the Indian push dagger called "katar".
Chángxìng (長興)
A famous bow making shop in Chengdu, active until the 1960s.
Mda‘ gdong (མད་འ་ག་དོ་ང་)
Tibetan for an open quiver that spreads the arrows out.
Jebele
Manchu word for quiver. Also means "right hand".
Rare Jinchuan quiver
With a connection to local royalty in Jinchuan, Sichuan province.
Qing archer's belt
Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.
Tibetan or Mongolian quiver
Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.
Early Tibetan or Mongol bow case
With gold and black painted face with geometric decor.
Tevfik the leather binder
An Ottoman leather binder who in 1866 - 1867 covered a bow made by Haci Gavsî in 1824 - 1825.
Haci gavsî the bowyer
Signed an Ottoman bow made in late 1824 or 1825.
Sādài (撒袋)
Chinese name for the Manchu style quiver.
Vintage Korean archery set
Comprising of a bow, arrows, and string sent to the U.S.A. in 1964 plus an associated quiver.