Native American, Midwestern to Southern United States, Eastern Woodland, Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 5000 to 1500 CE. A fantastic display of nearly 100 hand-knapped stone projectile points, tools, canine teeth, and a pottery dish contained in a wood and glass case! The points and worked preforms are grouped in clusters of similar sizes, most are flaked from quartzite or chert stone. At the center is a shallow redware dish, a rectangular celt-shaped pendant, and 17 canine teeth pierced for suspension from a coyote or other similar sized carnivore. The large red-brown stone with a flared head may be part of a type of axe known as a spud. Included are many types of points and most appear to be full formed, many with necks, notches, and fins; a few are perhaps pre-formed but have clearly been worked at one time. An educational and aesthetically arranged collection of that demonstrates projectile typology and tools! Size (largest point): 8" L x 1.5" W (20.3 cm x 3.8 cm); (frame): 28" L x 2.5" W x 28" H (71.1 cm x 6.4 cm x 71.1 cm)
Provenance: private Brevard, North Carolina, USA collection
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Condition
Losses to large areas shown, and chips and losses to projectile points, but most are intact with well- preserved forms. Find sites or old inventory numbers written on surfaces of several. Professionally mounted on a green felt backing in a wood and glass case. Two projectile points are loose and in the bottom of frame. Suspension hardware and wire on verso for displaying.