Thoughts on point

[welsbury]

This is a piece I found back in the 70's. Thought the base was odd at the time but figured maybe it was a projection to stabilize it in haft. Later I read of fluting nipples and wondered if this could be one or if they used a nipple on just basal thinning also. Noticed too that base sides are well ground but not smooth polished. The area around nipple has been ground too.
One edge is damaged a little and I tried black crayon to fix it.

Put in a pic of a doe with a magpie on her back. Bird rode her for quite a while picking bugs off . There are 2 does that had 3 fawns out back and it's fun to watch them grow.

 

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[welsbury]

More pics.

 

[Tdog]

Don't rule out this one right away...

https://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Haskett.html

 

[newnan man]

Nice pics, love the doe.

 

[welsbury]

Not a Haskett Tdog.

This is a Haskett. PF

 

[Tdog]

Not a Haskett Tdog.

This is a Haskett. PF

I trust your judgement. Just throwing one out there with a similar shape.

 

[southfork]

My guess is something in the Humboldt Cluster but the base is off .

 

[joshuaream]

Not a Haskett Tdog.

This is a Haskett. PF

Wrong.. That is an AWESOME Hasket.

 

[joshuaream]

It has the general look of a flute platform, but it doesn't look much like a fluted point to me. Maybe the maker was going to thin the piece out a bit.

 

[BobGuy]

I think the piece sticking off of the end is what they call a nipple and is what they would make in order to strike out the flute.. I saw this process in a YouTube video recently of a guy making a fluted point.. if it’s on the Internet it must be true, right?