I wish that I could say that I found this harpoon head, but I didn't. My daughter's friend found it about two years ago, tumbling around in the surf on one of the Cape's islands. It is about 7.5" long and in very good condition. Not sure if it's made of bone or antler, but to have survived is amazing. It must have just eroded out of a shell midden.
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Yeah, I've seen that, in a photo, at the time of discovery. It is an amazing thing to find. Thanks for posting, Alan...
Hope you don't mind me adding this photo for some human scale, Alan.
Last edited by CMD; 03-01-2019, 10:20 AM.Rhode Island
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What animal did that come from? That sounds like a cool project for me to replicate it."The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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Here is some stuff I have accumulated over the years, none of these are personal finds but part of a collection I purchased from an 80 year old friend of mine. They were recovered from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. I think they are all awesome, but none of them are the size of the piece you have. The frames they are in are 12" X 8" to give you size reference.
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I would rather have that mammoth piece you have. That piece is awesome!!! I believe the majority of the artifacts in my frame are ivory with the exception of the smaller toggle in the 2nd pic. It looks to be bone as it shows more wear than the other pieces. Any input on these would be appreciated as well. _ Bill
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Very nice implements in this thread thank you for starting the thread Alan and Thanks to all for adding all those cool bone and antler artifacts. It boggles the mind really. I wonder how many points and knives were made of Bone or wood but never survived the acidic soil. I maen the enregy it would take to rub a bone to a point probably compares to flaking flint. Primitive hunters had plentiful resources in bone wood and antler . It would just take some time and sand stone to make any number of cool items.TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post
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Originally posted by sarahsue View PostThat is pretty cool. Wonder how big of a fish it could handle/take.....
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