Bow, allegedly from Samoa

taube · 23rd July 2016, 10:33 AM

Understood, Detlef.
Sorry for misbehaving.

Tim Simmons · 23rd July 2016, 10:37 AM

The bows from Fiji and Samoa are big like this. The string if it is hide, is a pointer to Africa. East Africa and central Africa has plenty of tropical hard wood. The thing about hide string, is that in Samoa there are no big mammals to make a twisted hide string from. It is a really good bow.

taube · 23rd July 2016, 10:44 AM

Thanks again, Tim.
Interesting explanations indeed.

taube · 23rd July 2016, 04:36 PM

Got it hanging on my wall

Length is 134 cm.
The one end of the string is knotted to the wood.
The other end is quite a simple sling that just slips on.

23rd July 2016, 04:36 PM	#4
taube Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 45	Got it hanging on my wall Length is 134 cm. The one end of the string is knotted to the wood. The other end is quite a simple sling that just slips on. Attached Images Last edited by taube; 24th July 2016 at 08:07 AM.

23rd July 2016, 10:33 AM	#1
taube Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 45	Understood, Detlef. Sorry for misbehaving.

23rd July 2016, 10:37 AM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	The bows from Fiji and Samoa are big like this. The string if it is hide, is a pointer to Africa. East Africa and central Africa has plenty of tropical hard wood. The thing about hide string, is that in Samoa there are no big mammals to make a twisted hide string from. It is a really good bow.

23rd July 2016, 10:44 AM	#3
taube Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 45	Thanks again, Tim. Interesting explanations indeed.