PC215 - CHOICE GRADE LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN OBSIDIAN BIFACIAL ARROWHEAD WITH SUPERB WORKMANSHIP

Product Description

ITEM # 

PC215

ID

Weapon / Tool

FOUND

Lake Sayula Basin - Mexico

AGE

300 B.C. - 400 A.D.

SIZE

2.5" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. 
EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP
AND INTACT TANG.

NOTE

CHOICE EXAMPLE USED FOR AN 
ATLATL SPEAR.  WITH WELL-KNOWN
PROVENANCE.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is a spectacular Pre-Columbian West Mexico Shaft-Tomb Culture BIFACIAL TANGED PROJECTILE POINT that was likely used on an atlatl spear.  It was masterfully fashioned out of obsidian and was found in the Lake Sayula Region of Jalisco, Mexico.  The hand-written find location and date from Dr. Heflin is still intact on the reverse side.  This artifact comes from the famous Dr. Allen Heflin Collection, formed from his work in Mexico from 1946 into the 1970's. 

Projectile points like these were fitted affixed onto atlatl spears and arrowshafts.  No lithic type is more mesmerizing and flakes as beautifully as obsidian.  It was so highly prized by all the Central American Pre-Columbian cultures and for good reason.  The sharpest cutting edge of any substance in the world, can only be obtained with obsidian.  Obsidian is unique in that it can be flaked down to one molecule in width, hence the popularity with this incredible material in Pre-Columbian weapons and tools.  Even today, obsidian scalpels are still used in modern medicine throughout the world.  NO REPAIR, RESTORATION OR MODERN MODIFICATION.