Duck Foot Effigy?

[northwren]

This was found on my friends property where numerous artifacts have been discovered. It's unique shape drew me to it. It looks like a human effigy, but its one edge is flat so perhaps a person lying down? The alternate shape of a duck foot is not as exciting...lol
If anyone has any ideas, I will appreciate your input.
Thanks!!

[northwren]

My friends property is along the Sacramento River, Glenn County, CA

[SurfaceHunter]

Did you oil it?

[northwren]

It's exactly how I found it. Pretty sweet polish job. Do you think it was worked to that sheen, or a natural occurance?

[Cecilia]

Wren, tho artifact newbie, I’m rock oldie, and some of my favorites shine like Willjo tumbled them. Just naturally shellacked !

[SurfaceHunter]

Going with Ron Kelly on this one. Not trying to boost any egos but I haven’t seen him wrong yet

[Rio Del Norte]

great looking lithics

[Ron Kelley]

That's not an effigie but keep hunting. You are about 10,000 times more likely to find a knapped artifact than an effigie.

[northwren]

I have found numeeous fish weights, stone beads, morters and pestles, and a plummet on my friends property, so far. I have found a few arrowheads made of obsidean. I believe the area was inhabited by the Pi nuk, a sub tribe of the Maidu.
I will follow your advice and keep looking, thanks.

[Cecilia]

Hello. I’m just a novice who would’ve said last year, “beautiful rock”! But now I say what Rio said, “great lithic”!

[northwren]

I'm an aspiring collector. I just love how these things "jump out" at ya. Man made items just look different, most of the time that is. Sometimes it is really hard to know if it is an artifact, or just a rock...this is one of those...lol

[Cecilia]

Just looked at your post of multiple artifacts, and saw when you joined forum in 2013. You not “aspiring”, you there, bona fide Artifact Collector! I’m looking forward to learning from you, too!

[Havenhunter]

I doubt NA venerated ducks’ feet enough to carve an effigy. A nice polished rock.

[northwren]

I don't know about that. This is California ya know. Lol

[Jethro355]

This made me laugh.

A lot.😮

[SDhunter]

Yea, I got a good chuckle out of that as well!

[Havenhunter]

I suppose you’re right. I was raised out there! Lololol

[Cecilia]

😄😁😆My very close cousins born and raised there. The wild one, most like me, irreverent, became a reverend!!

[Jethro355]

And you turned out pretty dang good.👍

[SDhunter]

It does has sweet polish, but I really don’t know what it could be. That’s something I would just carry around

[Cecilia]

I always have a coupla on me (in my car, on my nightstand, on bathroom counter.....)😉

[northwren]

Hi Gary! My name is Mary. I live in, well you already know that I live in California. Paradise California...home of the "Camp Fire"...

[tomf]

If it's not an artifact -which, being the imaginative type, I won't discount it entirely, - it's still a fantastic stone.

Hope you post some Maidu stuff (for us to look) at sometime.

[Sage hen jack]

It’s Possible your Stone could be NA. It’s definitely unusual and does show some Characteristics similar to ‘Henwas’ from the Klamath/Modoc Tribal Region Just North of Butte County.

[Cecilia]

Love posts from books. Thank you!

[utilized flake]

Let's see your arrowheads!!! This is arrowheads.com after all! But we also like plummets, knives, and scrapers!!

[northwren]

[utilized flake]

Jealous of those beads!

[Pointblank]

Awesome group of shell beads!!

[northwren]

[Cecilia]

Move over, fellas......