Native American, Midwestern United States, Illinois, Calhoun & Boone County, Cahokia / Mississippian Period, ca. 9th to 12 century CE. A pair of hand knapped stone projectile points, known as "bird points" for their miniature scale. The petite size is quite impressive and would have taken immense patience and a gentle hand to knap the ears and blades without shattering the stone. Points like these are often found as ceremonial offerings in the large platform and burial mounds at Cahokia, a central site of Mississippian culture! Size: 1.25" L x 0.4" W (3.2 cm x 1 cm); case: 6" L x 5" W (15.2 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection; ex-John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970s and earlier

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Both are intact. Find sites written on both. Both displayed in modern Riker cases.