Fantastic Find! - Arrows used by the Khoisan people of South Africa
It is time to share an awesome auction find again! This time a tube made of bark containing arrows and what I presume to be dried poison that was most likely used by the Khoisan people of South Africa for hunting purposes.
(Wikipedia, images licensed for re-use)
The Khoisan are an indigenous South African population group, set apart from the Bantu (African) tribes of South Africa by their physique and unique language. The term Khoisan refers to two separate groups, the San and the Khoikoi, but due to their similarities they are referred to collectively as the Khoisan. They are distinguished by their very small stature and a language that consists of a lot of clicks. The Colonialists referred to them as Hottentots, as this was a word they heard often when the Khoisan were dancing around the fire. Now the term, Hottentot, is considered derogatory. As is the term, Bushmen, as they were often referred to, due to their nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles.
I listed the tube of arrows at a starting price of R750 ($55) though I have no idea what such an item is worth. Unfortunately I don't have the bow. If you would like to view the auction, please request the link in the comments.
Sho, they should be in a meuseum!
What ever you do, make sure cupid doesnt get hold of those! As the love of the world will never be the same if he does!
Haha, funny thing, I actually went to our local museum today and saw almost the same thing there! (I immediately asked the curator, friend of mine, how much he paid for them!) There was an eighties song I think ABC, shoot me with your poison arrow. Cupid can buy them!
Noooooooo! Bwahaha.
Quite a scary coincedence!
But funny as heck!