Native American weaponry
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Native American weaponry was used by Native American warriors to hunt and to do battle with other Native American tribes and Europeans.
Stone club, Old Fort Niagara, New York
A pipe tomahawk dating to the early 19th century
Medicine shield
Aztec warriors, each holding a mācuahuitl, as depicted in the Florentine Codex (Vol. IX).
Bow and arrow
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The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device and long-shafted projectiles. Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history,
A Karo man holding a bow and arrow
Drawing a bow, from a 1908 archery manual
Scythians shooting with bows, Panticapeum (modern Kertch), 4th century BCE
A Subeshi culture bow, circa 800 BCE, Xinjiang Museum