Papua New Guinean Middle Fly River Arrow with Hook Top

Long pale point rises from a wrapped collar and a banded red shaft.

This Middle Fly River arrow with a hooked tip, of bamboo and pigment is from Middle Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The Middle Fly River region in Western Province of Papua New Guinea is home to several peoples who traditionally hunted and fished with bows and arrows made from local plants. The shaft is painted red and black, with black zigzag marks cut into the surface. It is 65 inches high.

All business at the tip, all decoration beneath.