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  • Wednesday’s Artifacts.

    NOT MINE!.

    Harpoons from North Florida rivers.

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    Floridaboy.

  • #2
    Very nice. What are they made from?
    South Dakota

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    • Hal Gorges
      Hal Gorges commented
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      The cannon bone of deer ..Longest is probably 6” long....In some rare instances, ivory.👍🇺🇸.

    • Hal Gorges
      Hal Gorges commented
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      The cannon bone of deer ..Longest is probably 6” long....In some rare instances, ivory.👍🇺🇸.

  • #3
    Very cool! I had no idea that these were used by Native Americans other than the indigenous peoples Alaskan Inuit, Greenlandic Inuit, and the Canadian Inuit.

    The more you know...

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    • flintguy
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      I was thinking the same thing. Always being surprised by new info on this site.

    • Ron Kelley
      Ron Kelley commented
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      Yes they look like they came straight out of Alaska.

  • #4
    Very interesting Hal. They look almost identical to some black palm points I've seen in Peru. For fishing though the natives usually used a multi prong point. 😊
    South Carolina

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    • #5
      Those are really nice artifacts!

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