Charmin
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Came across some more of my Grandpa's artifacts that I don't think I've shown you all 
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There are some uniface tools (thanks to one of thirty7's previous posts, I now know what these are
) , a big knife and a celt.
The celt is made of a smooth black material--is this granite? and is 5 1/2" long. Were these used in warfare or everyday tools? If it was for warfare it would darn sure be a "scull-cracker"!! It's so heavy! Mom said she thought grandpa found this on a plowed field next to the Caney River.
The big knife(?) is almost 5" long. I have a question about this---is the "cut-out" part [on the side]there for a purpose or do you think its just a big chip? It fits in your hand perfectly and you can rest your thumb on that cut-out part--that's why I thought it might be a knife. I still have a hard time telling the difference between a "pre-form" and a "knife". On one of the first frames I posted of grandpa's stuff, there's another knife that has a similar shape and I took a picture of these two together(last pic). Mom said grandpa found that one with some bison bones! And he often thought it was used to skin out or cut the meat off the animal!! [I so wish he had brought some of those bones home!!!]
Here's some pictures---hope you enjoy and thanks for looking!
Kind regards~~sandcreek4
? There are some uniface tools (thanks to one of thirty7's previous posts, I now know what these are
) , a big knife and a celt. The celt is made of a smooth black material--is this granite? and is 5 1/2" long. Were these used in warfare or everyday tools? If it was for warfare it would darn sure be a "scull-cracker"!! It's so heavy! Mom said she thought grandpa found this on a plowed field next to the Caney River.
The big knife(?) is almost 5" long. I have a question about this---is the "cut-out" part [on the side]there for a purpose or do you think its just a big chip? It fits in your hand perfectly and you can rest your thumb on that cut-out part--that's why I thought it might be a knife. I still have a hard time telling the difference between a "pre-form" and a "knife". On one of the first frames I posted of grandpa's stuff, there's another knife that has a similar shape and I took a picture of these two together(last pic). Mom said grandpa found that one with some bison bones! And he often thought it was used to skin out or cut the meat off the animal!! [I so wish he had brought some of those bones home!!!]
Here's some pictures---hope you enjoy and thanks for looking!
Kind regards~~sandcreek4
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