1994.11.0257
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armborst, skjutvapen
- Object description
Ett armborst av bambu och växtfibersträngar liknande det armborst från sundi i Mukimbungu, Zaire som finns avbildat på s 93 i Laman, 1953. I Lamans katalog från 1919 kallas det senare för en pilbåge i europeisk stil och har det inhemska namnet deye. Enligt listan till samlingen, en "råttbössa med båge". Haken är gjord av en järnspik.
"Bow and arrow and crossbow (mbasa, ngoda, ponza, ntoota, mbweta) are now used only by the younger lads for hunting birds and smaller animals. The crossbow is made of a branch of bamboo-palm in one end of which a hole has been bored. Into this hole is inserted a strong bow at the ends of which a cord of plaited palm-fibres is bound. The bow is bent when the cord is stretched behind a hook attached to the trigger or a hook on the palm-branch. In either case the weapon is fired when the trigger presses the cord up out of the hook. A length of dyadya-grass (the stalk) is bound firmly to the bamboo-branch to form a sort of barrel, into which the arrow is thrust."Laman, 1953, s 92.
- Object description
- Pil.
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