Shaft of arrow made of dark wood with bone point and barb. Sawn-off end of shaft is a fairly uniform flattened cylindrical shape and intricately carved with geometric design based on lengthways bars, with chalky white residue in some of the furrows. After this the shaft's surface is smooth and narrower, tapering towards the head where the point and barb are bound tightly to wood with a dark material. Shiny residue, possibly from tape, around smooth centre of shaft close to barb.
arrowheads (arrow)
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