I NEED HELP IDENTIFYING THIS ARROWHEAD I PURCHASED 20 YEARS AGO

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Subterranean

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A large stone knapped by a tirbal elder while teaching young ones HOW to knap? A teaching aid. :laughing7: Great conversation piece, none the less. Sub
 

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Red-Coat

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I don't think any self-respecting tribal elder would in any way regard that as a showpiece demonstration of workmanship. There's absolutely no logicality to the flaking and, as evidenced by the second set of pictures, a huge 'stack' on one face where the 'technique' (if you could call it that) has gone badly awry. As @Plug N Play pointed out, it's not even a particularly suitable piece of material for knapping.
 

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ToddsPoint

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Maybe it hung outside the village flint-knapper's hogan?

You may be on to something Charlie P.
I read about a late 1700's trading post here in IL that had a "large stone arrowhead" that was found out front during excavations. The theory was that the arrowhead designated it as a trading post. Gary
 

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