Guinean Middle Fly River Arrow with Serrated Tip

The slimmest of needles, riding a shaft scaled in brown and tan like a snake.

This arrow with a serrated tip is from Papua New Guinea. It is bamboo & pigment. Serrated arrow points carry a row of notches or barbs cut along the edge, a form found on hunting and fishing points in many parts of the Pacific. A fine, pale tip rises from a long carved shaft covered in overlapping diamond scales, each outlined in dark brown. The shaft narrows to a point at the top and darkens near the base, with a warm tan tone throughout. It is 60 inches high.

Meticulous scale-carving, in the service of a very sharp idea.