Dart quiver

Sajen · 21st April 2018, 10:19 PM

Hello Clément,

it's for sure not a Dayak dart quiver (tolor), they look very different. Please post a picture from one of the darts, this will help to determine the origin of your quiver. But your quiver shows a very good age from years of handling. Nice piece.

Here an interesting thread about dart quivers: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=tolor

Regards,
Detlef

ausjulius · 22nd April 2018, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Clément,

it's for sure not a Dayak dart quiver (tolor), they look very different. Please post a picture from one of the darts, this will help to determine the origin of your quiver. But your quiver shows a very good age from years of handling. Nice piece.

Here an interesting thread about dart quivers: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=tolor

Regards,
Detlef

yeah its from vietnam or china , its for a local type of low powered crossbow with a peg trigger... in china these are still commonly used to hunt and the meo have target competitions with them as well.
made by mong, meo or other people from that broad ethno group.
i always though these would be poisoned.
but it appears they are not.. they seem to use them to hunt very small game. mostly bats, rats, cats, civet and various asian squirrels.

there is some god youtube videos showing people shooting these in both china and vietnam and it appear the universally do not nock the arrow to the string like european crossbows but instead have the arrow about 3 inches from the string and the string will strike the arrow after some travel.. the strings are hard material , ive seen them made from a strip of bamboo.. in the manner the papuan natives make their bow strings

CNK1 · 23rd April 2018, 11:16 AM

Hello,

@ Detlef, this one is for sure old but still strong and flexible, I have seen this topic about the quiver but at this time the only major difference I have noted was the absence of the wood belt attachement !

@ Ausjulius, your description is exactly what I have at home, a really tiny crossbow ! I just ask to my dad where did it come from and he think (not 100% sure) Thailand or Vietnam (formerly Indochina) or maybe Indonesia.

I'll take some picts of quiver's arrow and the crossbow too !

Best regards

21st April 2018, 10:19 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,164	Hello Clément, it's for sure not a Dayak dart quiver (tolor), they look very different. Please post a picture from one of the darts, this will help to determine the origin of your quiver. But your quiver shows a very good age from years of handling. Nice piece. Here an interesting thread about dart quivers: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=tolor Regards, Detlef

23rd April 2018, 11:16 AM	#3
CNK1 Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 43	Hello, @ Detlef, this one is for sure old but still strong and flexible, I have seen this topic about the quiver but at this time the only major difference I have noted was the absence of the wood belt attachement ! @ Ausjulius, your description is exactly what I have at home, a really tiny crossbow ! I just ask to my dad where did it come from and he think (not 100% sure) Thailand or Vietnam (formerly Indochina) or maybe Indonesia. I'll take some picts of quiver's arrow and the crossbow too ! Best regards