Amazon arrows

colin henshaw · 29th September 2018, 02:55 PM

Something a little different ... here are images of three arrows I have that are probably from the Amazon basin of South America. Can anyone help with more accurate identification ?

I would guess the very long one is for fishing from a canoe and the other two for hunting birds and larger mammals respectively ?? The shafts are made of cane or reed.

Comments are welcome; anyone else on the forum interested in tribal/ethnographic archery ?

Tim Simmons · 4th October 2018, 06:00 PM

These arrows appear to be from the Xingu region. They are quite distinctive in the short length and the bindings at the fletched ends. The examples I post pictures of are listed as coming from the Paracana, Arawete, and Asurini. Source Museum fur Volkerkunde Dresden.

all you need to now is here,

https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Asurini_do_Xingu

colin henshaw · 13th October 2018, 07:08 PM

Thanks to Tim for his comments. Here are a couple more references on South American arrows I found in the books "Man and his Handiwork" 1886 and "Indianer und Weisse" 1923.

If anyone has more input, comments etc to make on the subject, please do so.

29th September 2018, 02:55 PM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,430	Amazon arrows Something a little different ... here are images of three arrows I have that are probably from the Amazon basin of South America. Can anyone help with more accurate identification ? I would guess the very long one is for fishing from a canoe and the other two for hunting birds and larger mammals respectively ?? The shafts are made of cane or reed. Comments are welcome; anyone else on the forum interested in tribal/ethnographic archery ? Attached Images

4th October 2018, 06:00 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	These arrows appear to be from the Xingu region. They are quite distinctive in the short length and the bindings at the fletched ends. The examples I post pictures of are listed as coming from the Paracana, Arawete, and Asurini. Source Museum fur Volkerkunde Dresden. all you need to now is here, https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Asurini_do_Xingu Attached Images Last edited by Tim Simmons; 4th October 2018 at 06:24 PM.

13th October 2018, 07:08 PM	#3
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,430	Thanks to Tim for his comments. Here are a couple more references on South American arrows I found in the books "Man and his Handiwork" 1886 and "Indianer und Weisse" 1923. If anyone has more input, comments etc to make on the subject, please do so. Attached Images