Bura Knapped Arrow Heads - Framed Set of 8

Eight stone points, each shaped by someone who needed it to work.

These knapped arrow heads, a framed set of 8, are ancient stone pieces of the Bura people of Niger, in West Africa. Knapping means striking thin flakes from hard stone until an edge appears, and points like these once armed the arrows that fed and defended a community. Each sits alone in a row on a white ground, inside a slim dark frame. Their colors run from pale gray to near black. Some have narrow stems, and all have barbed shoulders. The frame is 36 inches wide and 12 high.

Filed neatly now, and in no further hurry.