Papua New Guinean Middle Fly River Arrow with Hooked Tip

A slender point with a golden, translucent tip and a curved barb flaring off one side.

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 tapering honey-toned tip is bound with pale fiber to a glossy red shaft, with black geometric patterning showing near the base. A single curved barb sweeps out from the binding, and the tip is smooth and glossy. It is 64.5 inches high.

Sharp in every sense, and quietly handsome with it.