I can't recommend strongly enough that all of you go out and get that copy of the Charles Grayson Collection coffee table book. The photos are outstanding, and the detail is incredible. They seem to spend an inordinate amount of time on their Asian/Persian/Hindi section as compared to the almost nonexistant North American stuff, but that is just one grouchy ol' so-n-so's opinion.
The Asians/Persians/Hindi put extreme amounts of ultrafine detail into their arrows, the Mughal period was known for the extraordinary level of workmanship and decoration. But then again, what is shown in the book with all that finery and frippery were the arrows of the nobility. Stuff that was made, displayed, stored, and handed down. The few examples of actual war arrows and hunting arrows are more down to earth in decoration, but still pretty high levels of workmanship. Examples are harder to come by because they flat got used up.
