Arrow with bamboo shaft with remains of vegetable fibre binding at base sealed with resin and wooden head decorated with black pigment following grain. Lower section of head decorated with 3 sections of incised bands infilled with vegetable fibre binding. Mid-section of head decorated with a woven vegetable band. Upper section of head has 8 bone barbs (remaining) bound with vegetable fibre sealed with resin. Pointed tip covered with vegetable fibre binding. Head and shaft attached with vegetable fibre binding.
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