An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called a nock for engaging the bowstring. A container or bag carrying additional arrows for convenient reloading is called a quiver.
Plate 2: trophies of Roman arms from decorations above the windows on the second floor of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome, print, Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, after Polidoro da Caravaggio (MET, 2012.136.869.3)