Antique bow on Ebay (2)

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daryush
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Antique bow on Ebay (2)

Post by daryush » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:46 pm

Some of you may be interested in what looks like a Crab bow:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-Indian-re ... 500wt_1156
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Post by PaleoNinja » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:52 pm

Ha.... can you say "STRING FOLLOW"..... ouch....
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Post by Bede » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:01 am

Sometimes you see these bows in this condition. They were sometimes left strung on the walls of palaces with displays of arrows and swords. This was very popular in the late nineteenth century.
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