Projectile point

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About this item

Northeast Woodland Native Americans fashioned chert and flint into a variety of tools and points. The size and design of the point depended upon its intended use. Their creation was labor intensive. Ideally, points were retrieved and used over and over again. This chert point has been lashed to a spear haft with sinew, or animal tendon. Sinew bound fresh has the useful trait of shrinking as it dries.

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Details

Item typeWeapons
CreatorNative American
TopicNative American
EraEarly Indigenous and European contact, 1565–1619
MaterialAnimal Product; Wood; Stone/Mineral
Catalog #1985.0398
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Native American. Projectile point. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0398/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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