The lower end was hollowed, and the shaft was inserted into it.

The notching and feathering of the shaft were carefully attended to.

It is doubtful whether three feathers were used, as by ourselves and by the Egyptians, or two only as by many nations.

The fact that we never see more than two feathers upon the monuments cannot be considered decisive, since the Assyrian artists, from their small knowledge of perspective, would have been unable to represent all three feathers.

So far as we can judge from the representations, it would seem that the feathers were glued to the wood exactly as they are with ourselves.