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This arrow is a replica of an archaeological artifact from the Ancestral Puebloan site of Hidden House, in Arizona. It is currently in the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, and dates to 1100 to 1250 AD.  All the same authentic materials of the original have been replicated here with this model, which has been USED in demonstrations and displays for years, and the main shaft has a crack which has been repaired.  That hairline crack as been filled in, so the arrow is no longer shootable, but retired now for display and teaching collection item. The original was made in a main shaft of phragmites reed, with a hardwood shoot foreshaft. The tip was a small corner notched obsidian head, with all lashings in cotton, and not sinew. Only the quills were left on original specimen, so it was possible to tell fletch length and amount of lashing. Wild turkey fletch was used here, as a likely canidate for feather choice. The nock is a plug of hardwood shoot as well, and it was painted black, like the original. The original arrow was illustrated by Hamm and Allely in 2002, and they observed that nocks painted black indicated a stone point, and red painted nocks indicated a sharpened wood tip, and that this likely helps with identification of different arrows in quiver.  The full length is a long 35 inches, with an obsidian tip knapped here to match original artifact. One of the feathers has a ding in the quill, that is shown in last picture above.

Ancestral Pueblo Arrow Replica/Clearance

$100.00 Regular Price
$80.00Sale Price

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