Spear Point
Date1000-500 BCE
PeriodFormative Stage or Early Woodland Period
CultureNative American
Place MadeRegion of north America east of the Mississipi, from subarctic Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, USA and Canada, North America
MediumStone (Chert)
Dimensions6.8 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm (2 11/16 x 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Drs. John and Bessie Sawhill
Object number76.1.40
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DescriptionA beige cert pre-form spear point. The stemmed point base is snapped and left unfinished when an impurity created a problem with knapping.
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