hey larsen

[unclemac]

ain't these like what you find? I seem to remember you weren't sure what they were...these are "ear plugs"

	Type:	Provenance:
	A nice offering of highly polished ancient Ear	Recovered from the
	Plugs made from quartz and agate materials,	Central Saharan Desert
	recovered in areas with artifacts dating back	in Northern Africa
	to the Neolithic Era

 

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[larson1951]

hey hey those are really cool finds.....they sure are polished nice....and such beautiful material
that one piece that we found never got figured out but it seemed too large to be for an ear piece

i will try to find that picture of it for comparison

thanks much for posting those great images unclemac

 

[unclemac]

post 'em again...it sure was a pretty thing to see.

 

[larson1951]

post 'em again...it sure was a pretty thing to see.

ok here you go

it is made of bone

 

[unclemac]

no, no....I mean those beautiful orange polished agate pieces you have found!

 

[larson1951]

no, no....I mean those beautiful orange polished agate pieces you have found!

oh ok i think i know what you mean now

we call them 'the melted plastic' pieces most are broke but we have some that are complete

i will see about finding some images for you.......ok??

 

[larson1951]

hey hey uncle are these what you are talking about

 

[unclemac]

perfect!....don't those look to be the same sort of thing?

 

[larson1951]

perfect!....don't those look to be the same sort of thing?

could be but.........
i don't know what they are either

 

[ncnurseryman]

ok here you go

it is made of bone

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So. What is that Really interesting!

 

[larson1951]

i can't figure it out

i just never did??

gotta somebody that might know..............maybe?

 

[painterx7]

Them are bad to the bone !!!

 

[unclemac]

so is it fair to figure that most indian artifacts we know of are either obviously functional (point, knives, scrapers, etc.) or for idle time, game tokens and the like....or for adornment, like beads, teeth, pendants, etc. Some are more like tools, banner stones, manos, axes, pestles, fire starters....so does where does this piece fit into one of those categories?
modern day ear stretchers look similar...

2pcs Acrylic Ear Taper Flesh Tunnel Ear Stretcher Expander Plug 6g 36mm Black | eBay

 

[unclemac]

these are bone arrowheads from Denmark

 

[BurntBear]

Just a thought.

It seems like the small, flanged ends could possibly be inserted through the back of the earlobe leaving the long sections hanging underneath and behind the ears. Then, the little flanged "knob" would show as a normal earring would. I know little to nothing concerning artifacts, so please excuse me if I'm way off. I see people all the time wearing very similar ear plugs in the fashion I mentioned.

 

[larson1951]

these are bone arrowheads from Denmark

wow those are very very cool

we think that piece i posted was a type of projectile point that would fit into a socket on an atlatl dart?