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Lee
8th April 2023, 05:04 PM
Received from a non-member for your consideration, believed to have been collected during family travels in the 1930s. African?

milandro
9th April 2023, 09:57 AM
They look like arrows as used by the pygmies of Congo , most of the times these are made for the tourists consumption, could even be made from San Tribes

wildwolberine
27th May 2023, 08:46 PM
Hi! Yes, the quiver and arrows are West African. I’m not sure what the tribal affiliation is, possibly Hausa? The reference in front of me is in German LOL. Likely from Niger/Nigeria/Cameroon region. At one point I had a decent collection of ethnographic archery items but I’ve sold most of it off over the years.