Look em up ...the Mayan Indians used em in Mexico, This one probably was brought to Crystal river across the Gulf, some were also found in the other gulf states...A friend found it at Crystal River Florida, then was sold then I traded some points for it....Trade with Central America was going on, there’s too many similarities in some of the stuff we find here...I don’t know exactly how flint yokes were used, I never really researched em..why don’t you do that for me Fatz,...I’m serious....It’s extremely sharp,..Learning something every day..A yoke? You must be Jkidding. I’ve never heard of one.
I traded several Florida points for it, my friend Found it and it changed hands a couple of times before I traded for it, no one wanted it cuzz nobody knew what it was but I didn’t care,.it came from Florida and I wanted it...Wow....about all i can say. Did you dig, trade or buy it. It looks fierce, but is it just an adornment?
A yoke? You must be Jkidding. I’ve never heard of one.
I know more about it now than I did 40 years ago, no one here knew what it was...the fact that it was found in Florida is interesting to me...the flint is not from Florida but the weathering and patina ( heavy, pic. 4 ) is common for stuff that lays in yellow sand around here..Thanks for the info..Hal your collection and knowledge speaks for its self.
To know the reason/function about this piece (which is an amazing piece of work I might add), would really be interesting.
The Yoke being the size it is, an actual working piece, or a piece that would of being worn as some sort of symbolism for an elder/or one of knowledge.
Either way you have a real unique piece of history.