Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 327
An Amazon palmwood bow
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £113
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Description
An Amazon palmwood bow
Guaica, Venezuela
205cm long and three bamboo arrows, with bound barbed tips and a pointed bamboo tip, with feather flights, the longest, 208.5cm and a bamboo and woven fibre quiver, 56cm long. (5)
Provenance
Collected in 1968 by Harry Farrar whilst on a hovercraft expedition along the Amazon.
The van Raalte Collection, UK.