Description:

**Originally Listed At $400**

Native American, North America, Eastern Woodland, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A lovely hand-knapped chert stone tool of rectangular form with a flat base and tapered tip. Naturally embellished in mottled hues of umber, sienna, and taupe, the ancient implement's convex faces are flaked to form a sharpened edge. The process for shaping this tool involved hitting a harder stone against the chert to flake or knap the surface into the desired form. Knapped stone tools such as this piece had a variety of uses such as axe heads, scrapers for cleaning hides, and digging for agricultural purposes. Lucite stand for photography purposes only. Size: 5.9" L x 1.9" W (15 cm x 4.8 cm)

Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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#144654

  • Condition: Chips to faces and peripheries commensurate with the knapping process, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice sharpness to edges.

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