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Radon:
On this website is lots of information about Ötzis arrows: http://www.landschaftsmuseum.de/Seiten/Lexikon/Pfeil_Bogen-Oetzi.htm (unfortunately only in German )

It says about the arrows:
The quiver on which the covering hood and the carrying belt were missing, contained two finnished arrows and twleve raw shafts of 84 to 87 cm (33 1/2 - 34 3/4") length made from viburnum. The two arrowheads werde made from silex and fixed with birchtare and a threadwrapping to the shafts. One had a foreshaft from cornus. Of the radialfletching from three duckfeathers are still remains on the shafts.
Here's a pic:


Stefan

JackCrafty:
OK....looks like the grass is greener on the paleo side of the fence.....so I checked out Fiddler's birch tar.  Mystery solved.

Thanks Wolfsire!

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Arrow length 34" (or there abouts)
Foreshaft of "cornus".  (Cornus is dogwood).
Three feather fletch, duck feathers (probably 4"-5" in length - also looks to be "spiral" wrapped)

Thanks Radon!

 :)

zLego:
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Content.Node/museum/index1.html

The Natural History Museum,  Vienna, 2006 december:

Large pics:

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0115_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0116_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0117_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0118_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg



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zLego:
Large pics:

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0119_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0120_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0126_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/080202/dscf0127_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

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