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Barter endlessly with figurehead to get Canberra antique (8)

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I believe the answer is:

artefact

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'canberra antique' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'barter endlessly with figurehead to' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to look at the middle letters (the ends of the words are removed).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'figurehead' becomes 'f' (head letter of 'figure').
'to' becomes 'act' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The central letters of 'barter' are 'arte'.
'arte'+'f'+'act'='ARTEFACT'

'get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for artefact that I've seen before include "Manufactured product" , "Human-made article" , "Man-made item" , "Item made by human" , "not natural" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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