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Qianmen war arrows

Qianmen war arrows

I am a bit of an arrow fetishist.

Silver overlaid ceremonial arrowhead

Ceremonial arrowhead

Made of iron, shaped as a gourd, with silver overlay.
Tarah-i-khara logo

Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)

Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkin
Indian arrows logo

Group of mounted Indian arrows

Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.
Command arrow logo

Lìngjiàn (令箭) or "Command Arrow"

A special arrow used to prove one's authority.
Dayak dart logo

Tepus

A variety of Dayak blowgun dart.
Dayak blowgun dart logo

Damek

Dayak name for a blowgun dart
Ottoman war arrow

Rare Ottoman war arrow

With a small, barbed armor-piercing point and early style painted shaft.
Korean war arrow

Rare Korean war arrow

With a large double-edged tip and golden cresting.
Indian arrows

Various Indian arrows

An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.
Ju Yuan Hao target arrow logo

Chinese target arrow

With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.
Baojian logo

Bàojiàn (骲箭)

Chinese name for a class of arrows with a large, non-ferrous head. Many are whistles, some are blunts.
Republican era whistling arrow with burl wood head

Republican period whistle arrow

Dating from the revival period of Chinese archery in the 1930s.
Roda Dedali arrowhead

Róda dedáli

Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a bird-shaped head.
Bedor or pana arrow

Bedor

An old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a large spearhead shaped arrowhead.
Warayang Javanese arrow

Waráyang

Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a serpentine arrowhead.
Trisula Javanese arrow

Trisúla

Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a trident shaped head.
Paspati javanese arrow

Paspáti

Old Javanese word for a type of arrow with a crescent moon shaped arrowhead.
Javanese chakra arrow logo

Chákra

Old Javanese for a type of arrow with a wheel attached.
Indonesian arrows logo

Pana

Old Javanese word for "arrow".
Box of Indonesian arrows logo

Box of Javanese arrows

Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.
Sinhalese arrow logo

Ītala (ඊතල)

Sinhalese word for "arrow".
Three Indian war arrows logo

Three Indian war arrows

Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.
Indian arrowheads

Phal (फल / پھل)

Hindi. Literally "fruit". Name for blades, arrowheads, spearheads.
Indian arrows

Tir (تیر) / Tīr (तीर)

Persian for "arrow" or "arrows". Also used in North India.
Indian long distance or flight arrows

Two Indian flight arrows

Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.
Indian anti-siege arrows logo

Three Indian anti-siege arrows

Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.
five Indian arrows

Five Indian arrows

From the same set, but with a variety of different arrowheads.
Indian bodkin arrows logo

Eight Indian bodkin arrows

Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.
Seven broadhead arrows

Seven Indian broadhead arrows

With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.
Yari logo

An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.
Qing whistling arrow

Shào jiàn (哨箭)

Chinese for a class of whistling arrows that combine a whistle with an arrowhead.
War arrow

Zhànjiàn (戰箭)

Qing Chinese term meaning "war arrow". The standard Qing military arrow.
Meizhenjian

Méizhēnjiàn (梅针箭)

Chinese name for a type of Qing military arrow.
North Indian arrows logo

Two fine north Indian arrows

With points mimicking the shape of the Indian push dagger called "katar".
Qing dynasty broadhead arrow logo

Pī jiàn (鈚箭)

Chinese name for a class of broadhead arrows. (Alternative spelling using an archaic character).
Pijian arrow logo

Pī jiàn (披箭)

Chinese name for a class of broadhead arrows.
Manchu niru arrow logo

Niru

Manchu word for a class of broadhead arrows, a military "company", or captain.
12 Indian arrows

12 North Indian arrows

With katar-tipped heads and dark brown shafts.
Sirdan logo

A Sirdan, or Manchu war arrow

This large and imposing type of war arrow is often compared to a small spear.
Ottoman archery set

Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description

A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.