PC505 - SUPERBLY FLAKED THIN LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN OBSIDIAN BARBED ATLATL ARROWHEAD

Product Description

ITEM # 

PC505

ID

Weapon / Tool

FOUND

Lake Sayula Basin - Mexico

AGE

300 B.C. - 400 A.D.

SIZE

2.4" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. NICK ON ONE SIDE.  
EXTREMELY THIN AND WELL MADE.  
COMPLETE WITH NO TIP DAMAGE.

NOTE

CHOICE EXAMPLE USED FOR AN ATLATL SPEAR.

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 BARBED TANGED PROJECTILE POINT that was likely used on an atlatl spear.  It was masterfully fashioned out of obsidian and features an extremely broad profile yet, a very thin cross-section which would have required EXTREME skill to knap.  There is one chip to one lower barb side but it is otherwise perfect and complete.  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.