Info on bow and arrows from Congo

[Peter Larsson]

I got a Bow and four arrows from a neighbor who knew I am
interested in African hunting.
He got it in Congo in 1961 when he were UN soldier.
The story goes that he got it from an local chief of an small village
in the bush when he delivered some baby clothes that his mother
sent with him.
It would be interesting to get some info about the bow and the different
arrowheads.
Is it something that was made to use,or is it just some tourist junk?
I dont know anything about arrows and bows.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Check out this link: http://www.ezakwantu.com/Gallery African Arrows - Hunting Arrows of the Chokwe.htm.

 

[Peter Larsson]

Thanks!
There were some interesting facts.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Frobenius, L. 1932.
Morphology of the African Bow-Weapon. Berlin: de Gruyter.

Leakey, L. S. B. 1926. A new classifcation of the bow and arrow in Africa.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 61:259–299.

Spring, C. 1993.
African Arms and Armor. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Tukura, D. 1994.
African archery. In The Traditonal Bowyer’s Bible, Vol. 3, by T. Baker et al., pp. 143–162. Azle, Tex.: Bois d’Arc Press.

 

[Norwegianwoods]

They look like genuine bow and arrows used for hunting to me.
Very typical bow and arrows for Africa.
Tourist junk are usually much more "blinged".

 

[adgunner]

I served in the Congo in 2012-13 they look authentic, tourist bows were usually pretty easy to spot.

 

[Peter Larsson]

It looks good on my african trophy wall any way.