Any Help Identifying?

[Jonzer]

I found this piece a few years ago. I never did know what it was. The lines run down both sides of the piece. Central Illinois.

[The Grim Reaper]

Knowing where it came from might help us out a little. It appears to be broken and who knows what the other end would have looked like. It might possibly have been a decorated Pendant. Cool looking piece though.

[Jonzer]

I found it in a cornfield next to Dickson Mounds museum in Fulton County Illinois. It was next to a creek in a mound area. Larson site.

[Twitch]

I have no idea what that is, but I'd like to have one.

[uniface]

Possibly a needle shaper/sharpener

[chong2]

so you found Larsons site lol i think we are all searching 4 it :P

[joshuaream]

That's one of those pieces where magnification and some use wear analysis can be helpful. If you see polish in the grooves, it might have been a needle/bone sharpener. If there are striations that run perpendicular (across the grooves) it might have been a type of grinding stone (heavy use) or musical/noise device (light use.) Peck marks or impact marks on the end might indication a utilitarian function, etc.

Neat find.

[ohioaxeman]

so you found Larsons site lol i think we are all searching 4 it :P

lmao

[Neanderthal]

Easy. That's a fire making device, also known as "bic". I can't put an exact date on it, but would guesstimate early 21st century. I've heard they were in use for quite some time and very popular with the coughing people of the canibus culture. Popular opinion has it that they were descended from earlier artifacts known as matches, and are closely related to the "zippo" people.

Ohhhhhh, you mean the other thing? I'm with the others, it looks like an awl / needle sharpening stone to me also. There are similar examples in a few books, I think Robert Bell's book on Okie artifacts may have a few, will have to check. That's what I've heard them referred to anyways, not sure how accurate it is.

[bravowhiskey]

Easy. That's a fire making device, also known as "bic". I can't put an exact date on it, but would guesstimate early 21st century. I've heard they were in use for quite some time and very popular with the coughing people of the canibus culture. Popular opinion has it that they were descended from earlier artifacts known as matches, and are closely related to the "zippo" people.

Ohhhhhh, you mean the other thing? I'm with the others, it looks like an awl / needle sharpening stone to me also. There are similar examples in a few books, I think Robert Bell's book on Okie artifacts may have a few, will have to check. That's what I've heard them referred to anyways, not sure how accurate it is.

coughing people of the cannabis culture... what a hoot!

[Get-the-point]

Easy. That's a fire making device, also known as "bic". I can't put an exact date on it, but would guesstimate early 21st century. I've heard they were in use for quite some time and very popular with the coughing people of the canibus culture. Popular opinion has it that they were descended from earlier artifacts known as matches, and are closely related to the "zippo" people.

Ohhhhhh, you mean the other thing? I'm with the others, it looks like an awl / needle sharpening stone to me also. There are similar examples in a few books, I think Robert Bell's book on Okie artifacts may have a few, will have to check. That's what I've heard them referred to anyways, not sure how accurate it is.

LOL!!!