Projectile

hunting tool

One of five projectiles with bamboo or reed shafts and decorated/barbed wood points. Each is hafted to their respective shaft with plant fiber, and all but one are reinforced with sap, tar, or other naturally-occurring glue-like substance. Opposite end is notched to accept a bowstring. The points are similarly decorated with carved “V” and diamond shapes which have been filled with a white pigment. A length of plant fiber holds four of the five projectiles together. All species unknown. Date and location unknown. Overall: 45 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.