RARE MUGHAL SIEGE ARROW, 17TH CENTURY

27 3/4” length. Cane shaft with lashed wood nock with good geometric painted decoration. White feather fletching restored. 3 ½” cylindrical iron head swelling slightly to the faceted point. Copper socket inlaid with silver dot in circle each side. Old age check to the forward section, negligible. These were fired from ramparts gaining gravitational energy increasing the damage on impact. Their weight prevented them from being fired back from the ground.