stage of manufacture (hunting, fishing & trapping); arrowhead (arrows (weapons: missiles & projectors))

Stage in the manufacture of a 'female type' a double-barbed arrowhead. It comprises a strip of iron, wider at one end than the other, with two triangular notches cut out to form the beginning of the two barbs and shaft of the arrowhead.

See also 11.7.66/18 and 11.7.66/19 for the next two stages in arrowhead manufacture.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
11.7.66/17
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 54 mm x 24 mm x 3 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
iron
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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