Pijl

Beschrijvingskaart:<BR> Driehoekige houten punt met weerhaken op de kanten, daaronder tonvormig met ingesneden rijen bogen en driehoekigen, vervolgens een dikke rong van bruin touw en een vaasvormig deeel, welke geheel met vezelvlechtwerk bedekt is.<BR> Schacht van rotan, met ingegrifte versiering, boveneinde driehoekigen en zigzaglijnen op donkere grond, meer naar onder alleen golflijnen en fijne en brede ringen.<BR> <BR> The arrows consist generally of two component parts, the head of the bamboo or palm wood, either hardened in the fire or not, and the shaft, made of cane. Not seldom however a fore shaft is introduced in between, and sometimes a special tip is fastened on to the arrow head. <BR> There are several kinds of arrows depending on the use. They were used to hunt, to fish and to fight. <BR> Bows and arrows could be deposited in the grave of its wearer after his death. At Asei, in the fence around a grave, the bow of the death man is stuck straight into the soil (See Sande, 1907, p. 271, fig. 166)<BR> Sande noticed that arms were always carried when going outside the village, and the women working in the gardens were accompanied by men in case of an attack.

Pijl

Beschrijvingskaart:<BR> Driehoekige houten punt met weerhaken op de kanten, daaronder tonvormig met ingesneden rijen bogen en driehoekigen, vervolgens een dikke rong van bruin touw en een vaasvormig deeel, welke geheel met vezelvlechtwerk bedekt is.<BR> Schacht van rotan, met ingegrifte versiering, boveneinde driehoekigen en zigzaglijnen op donkere grond, meer naar onder alleen golflijnen en fijne en brede ringen.<BR> <BR> The arrows consist generally of two component parts, the head of the bamboo or palm wood, either hardened in the fire or not, and the shaft, made of cane. Not seldom however a fore shaft is introduced in between, and sometimes a special tip is fastened on to the arrow head. <BR> There are several kinds of arrows depending on the use. They were used to hunt, to fish and to fight. <BR> Bows and arrows could be deposited in the grave of its wearer after his death. At Asei, in the fence around a grave, the bow of the death man is stuck straight into the soil (See Sande, 1907, p. 271, fig. 166)<BR> Sande noticed that arms were always carried when going outside the village, and the women working in the gardens were accompanied by men in case of an attack.