Main part of Vietnamese or Laotian crossbow for comments

colin henshaw · 3rd October 2021, 11:24 AM

Hello Ren Ren. An interesting topic, thanks for posting. I have these two crossbows, but never been able to identify their specific areas of origin, except for "South-East Asia". Can you help me out ?

Many thanks.

Ren Ren · 4th October 2021, 12:10 AM

Hi Colin! You have interesting crossbows. I think I can help attribute them. Items similar to the one on the top I almost certainly met. It will take me two or three days to clarify.

Ren Ren · 5th October 2021, 08:26 PM

Hi Colin! Here are some crossbows from the Branly Museum that look a lot like one of yours.
https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...alete/page/10/
https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...bambou/page/6/
https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...nnerie/page/6/
They come from Vietnam, from the Central Highlands (otherwise - the Central Plateau). There are the provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak inhabited by mountain peoples such as Sedang, Bahnar, Gia Rai, Ede and others. During the Vietnam War, the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through these mountains, and heavy battles of American soldiers and their mountaineers supporting them against Vietnamese soldiers and communist guerrillas took place. Participants of those events brought not a small part of the crossbows to commemorate the war.
Items from the museum date back to an earlier period - the 1930s, most of which belonged to the Sedang people.
Color photo - 1974

3rd October 2021, 11:24 AM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hello Ren Ren. An interesting topic, thanks for posting. I have these two crossbows, but never been able to identify their specific areas of origin, except for "South-East Asia". Can you help me out ? Many thanks. Attached Images

5th October 2021, 08:26 PM	#3
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 379	Hi Colin! Here are some crossbows from the Branly Museum that look a lot like one of yours. https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...alete/page/10/ https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...bambou/page/6/ https://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explore...nnerie/page/6/ They come from Vietnam, from the Central Highlands (otherwise - the Central Plateau). There are the provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak inhabited by mountain peoples such as Sedang, Bahnar, Gia Rai, Ede and others. During the Vietnam War, the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through these mountains, and heavy battles of American soldiers and their mountaineers supporting them against Vietnamese soldiers and communist guerrillas took place. Participants of those events brought not a small part of the crossbows to commemorate the war. Items from the museum date back to an earlier period - the 1930s, most of which belonged to the Sedang people. Color photo - 1974 Attached Images

4th October 2021, 12:10 AM	#2
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 379	Hi Colin! You have interesting crossbows. I think I can help attribute them. Items similar to the one on the top I almost certainly met. It will take me two or three days to clarify.