Description (Physical description)
Seven arrows with cane shafts, black hardwood heads and double spiral feathering bound for its whole length. Butt blunt and bound with cotton.
A: Single pair of barbs. Foreshaft rectangular section.
B: Double row of five opposite barbs. Foreshaft square.
C: Head cf.B but barbs not quite opposite. Rounded foreshaft.
D: Double row of three staggered barbs. Foreshaft rounded and bound with cotton painted with zig-zags in brown.
E: Foreshaft triangular section, two of the apices notched to form numerous small barbs. Lower end of foreshaft bound with cotton.
F: Head with double row of three staggered barbs. Foreshaft rounded, lower part bound with cotton.
G: Foreshaft rounded. Single row of seven barbs.
Eastern Peru (?Ucayali River). Piro or Conibo Indians. The binding on the foreshaft of D, E and F suggests that they at least are Conibo. (cf.1890.172 K).
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
This is likely to be from Sir Arthur William Hill (1875-1941) K.C.M.G., F.R.S., F.L.S., fellow of Kings College, Cambridge, and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a noted botanist and taxonomist.
Event Date 1947
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Arrow with cane shaft, black hardwood head. Butt blunt and bound with cotton. Head with double row of three staggered barbs. Foreshaft rounded, lower part bound with cotton. No feathers present but would have had double spiral feathering for its whole length.
Event Date 19/10/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson