Papua New Guinean Middle Fly River Arrow with Hooked Tip

A needle-fine point lying on its side, trailing a shaft painted in red and black.

This arrow with a hooked tip is from Middle Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It is bamboo & pigment. The Middle Fly River flows through the lowlands of Western Province in Papua New Guinea, where hunting, fishing and gathering have traditionally been important to local communities. A grey, tapered tip is wrapped at the junction with fiber and a touch of blue. A small barb projects forward, while the shaft beyond is painted bright red with black scrolling lines and swirls on a yellow-tan ground. It is 65 inches high.

Even a point was permitted a little ornament.