Arrow, shaft of arrow reed (Gynerium sagittatum, called 'waiwu') squeezed at one end to take a wood foreshaft bound on with cotton thread covered in gum. The point is bamboo 'krawa' lanceolate with concave shoulders. Poisoned and bound with cotton which is decorated with feathers. The shaft is undecorated. The flight is made of two radial feathers bound at top and bottom with cotton. The end is notched and bound in cotton.
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