obsidian-pointed

Updated: May 14, 2025

The interior of the box was filled with bovine liver. This represented animal tissue minus the bones. At a distance of ten yards I discharged an obsidian-pointed arrow and a steel-pointed arrow from a weak bow. The two missiles were alike in size, weight, and feathering, in fact, were made by Ishi, only one had the native head and the other his modern substitute.

Saxton Pope - Hunting with the Bow and Arrow