Swimming Dragon Yanone, Japanese Arrowhead

Description

Swimming Dragon Yanone, Japanese Arrowhead

This Japanese arrowhead (
Yanone
) is faithfully reproduced from an original museum piece.

The Japanese arrowheads called
Yajiri
or
Yanone
had many uses and shapes. Some were strictly utilitarian while others were beautifully pierced and decorated and used primarily for presentations and temple offerings. It is said that a samurai had a quiver of 26 arrows (
Ya
) and one of them, called the
Kabura-Ya
or
Whistling Arrow
, was only used if the battle was lost. Most pieces fall into one of several broad groupings. The
Swimming Dragon
offered here falls into the
barbed
pattern. These shapes are usually very ornamental in form but can be terribly efficient. These arrowheads can vary in length from 2.5 cm to 16 cm and most of them have saw-cut areas. These arrowheads, either singly or in groups, are outstanding collectibles and are sure to be much talked about items in your collection.

Made by Hanwei.

Details:

-Overall length: approx. 30.5 cm

-Weight: approx. 80 g

– Manufacturer’s product no. : XH2221

Specs may slightly vary from piece to piece.