Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona / New Mexico region, Mogollon / Ancestral Puebloan culture, Pre-Colonization, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A rare collection of 5 ancient arrow shafts made from reeds with wood tips and the remains of sinew / vegetal fibers for securing the wood tips and the feather fletching on the longest arrow. The smallest shaft, while it appears incomplete, has a notch for nocking and half its length is made up of the wood tip. Throughout North American the versatile common cane reed (Phragmites) that often grow along rivers banks served as a staple resource for arrows - tribes such as Apache, Cahuilla, Havasupai, Kawaiisu, Navajo, Northern Paiute, and Tewa are all known to use reed shafts. The common cane is lightweight yet sturdy, and tips / foreshafts of mesquite wood were often inserted into the cane, ensuring precision and strength when hunting small game. Size of longest: 32.5" L x 0.3" W (82.6 cm x 0.8 cm)

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Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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4 long shafts with losses to wooden tips and missing fletching feathers. The longest shaft has remains of feathers and the wood tip is intact.