ARROWPOINTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



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National Museum possesses only a cast of it, the original being in the 

 possession of Mr. F. .1. Miller, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It is of 

 brown Jasper, and has been made from an immense Hake of that mate- 

 rial which has been struck oft" with a perceptible twist, as shown by the 

 edge view accompanying. It is also rudely leaf-shaped, pointed at one 

 end, the base nearly straight and scpiare, the notches forming the barbs 

 being oval or shell-like and made in the edges, not disturbing the 



Fig. 173. 



STEJIMED SFEAIiHEAD OF GRAY 

 FLINT, SHOULDERED AND BAKBED. 



Saratoga County, Now York. 



Division III, Class C. 



5jx2|xi'\.. 



Cat. No. 6159, U.S.N. M. 



STEMMED SPEARHEAD 

 OF GRAY FLINT, 

 SHOULDERED AND 

 liARBED. 



ilcMinnville, War- 

 ren County, Ten- 

 ni's.sce. 

 Division III, Class C. 



4§xlix§. 

 Cat. No. 3Jr..sl, U.S.X.M. 



Fig. 175. 



TESIMED SPEARHEAD, SHOULDERED AND 

 BARBED. 



Division III, Class C. 

 SJxlJxi. 



Cat. No. ■i;il34, U.S.N.M. 



base, although coming within a <iuartcr 

 of an inch of it. 



Fig. 173, though large even for a spear- 

 head, does not compare in size with the 

 enormous specimen Just described. It is 

 5| inches long, has somewhat the appear- 

 ance of a leaf-shaped implement, although there is no evidence of its 

 transformation. It is of Hint and has been made from a nodule, the 

 concentric bands of which are to be seen, the point of the base coming 

 almost to the surface of the nodule. The edges are convex, the stem is 

 slightly contracting, and the ba>e is convex. The barbs are well pro- 

 nounced and form an acute angle; they have no relation to the stem, 

 but are attached to and form a part of the blade. 



The blade is twisted from the right side at the base to the left side at 

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