Sirius, the 'Arrow-Star', is named ^mulKAK.SIDI (gag.si.sa) and The Bow is ^mulBAN (with ^mul meaning 'star').

In China the arrow is shorter, ending before Sirius (The Celestial Jackal, T'ien-lang).

Evidently the Chinese for some reason took away the arrow completely at a later stage:

All three pictures are from Hamlet's Mill.