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Arrow with rhombic-shaped iron socketed head and wooden shaft with notched end. Orange pigment painted on shaft between 3-feathered fletching (feathers badly damaged). Upper shaft bound with black tape.

A label recorded by Colonel C. de Luxmoore, (late) 99th Deccan Infantry in black ink: A bundle of arrows taken at the 'chien men' gate (front gate) of the tartar city of Peking, 1901.

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