A very rustic taiwanese crossbow

yuanzhumin · 20th January 2007, 12:22 PM

Well, some friends of mine knowing I'm crazy about everything from the Taiwan aboriginal people picked up this for me while on a trip in the central part of the island. Ah, if all my friends were as generous !
Anyway, I couldn't resist sharing it here.
It appears to be a very basic but authentic weapon from the 1960s-70s.
Wooden butt, iron transversal bow. Probably the inner tube of a tyre was used as a string, but it's not here anymore.

20th January 2007, 12:22 PM	#1
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	A very rustic taiwanese crossbow Well, some friends of mine knowing I'm crazy about everything from the Taiwan aboriginal people picked up this for me while on a trip in the central part of the island. Ah, if all my friends were as generous ! Anyway, I couldn't resist sharing it here. It appears to be a very basic but authentic weapon from the 1960s-70s. Wooden butt, iron transversal bow. Probably the inner tube of a tyre was used as a string, but it's not here anymore. Attached Images