This is a new modern replication of an Arapahoe arrow that is currently in the collections of the Chicago Field Museum.  The Arapahoe culture was part of the southern Plains groups,  from the areas of what is now Colorado and Wyoming.  The original was collected in the late 1880's during the "horse culture" period, where bows and arrows were shorter for shooting on horseback.  This replica follows as closely as possible the measurements of length, the barreling of the shaft, the iron trade point, and the turkey wing fletching.  The pigment paint cresting follows this original example, and there are 3 shaft grooves carved along the length of the main shaft.  The wood type was not listed, so we used a classic Serviceberry shaft natural sapling(not a dowel), cured in traditional manner. This is a rare case when metal points are appropriate for a replica, since the horse bows are after European contact, and even most museum arrows have iron trade points.  The main shaft is natural Chokecherry shoot, and not a dowel.  The stripped turkey feathers were laid down in the manner of the orignal, chich is 3 evenly spaced with an inch of bare quill front and back lashed with genuine buffalo back sinew and hide glue.  It would be fully functional to shoot, if pulled to a shorter draw of 23 inches. The total length of the full arrow is 25 inches, to match the original.