Bow hunting fossil

[razorsharptokill]

This belongs to a Native American friend of mine. I thought it was pretty cool. It is also a testiment to the bow as a weapon of survival. That bone is from a Bison and is part of the femur which is likely its toughest bone. He told me that it is estimated to be between 1000 and 2000 years old. Not sure about that but still, it is obviously very old. Those beans that the bone is resting on are from an old clay pot that was sealed with mud or bees wax(can't remember which he said it was). The beans will actually grow if planted he said.
     

     

     

[Lewis Brookshire III]

Very Cool!

[ozy clint]

looks to big to be a bison femur. hard to get a sense of scale, even with you in the background.

i might be wrong though

[razorsharptokill]

I'd estimate it to be 5 1/2" tall. Maybe a little taller due to part of it being below the surface of the beans. The pill bottle next to the case gives a little bit of scale but it is behind the case. Also, I can't postitively say that it was a bow that propelled this point either but I'd like to think so. I guess it could have been an Atlatl

[Jedimaster]

Very cool.  I guess I'd have to plant a couple of those beans just to see if I could grow some to eat and some for further seed (assuming they are of an antiquated variety).  Very, very interesting display.  Thanks for sharing.

[IronCreekArcher]

That is awesome!!

[Mechslasher]

could be the top of a very large bull femur with the ball pointing to the left.  another possibility is it's a mammoth femur from a young animal.  the point has to be an atlatl dart point.  grain from egyptian tombs has been planting and it germinated.

[razorsharptokill]

That's what I thought too because of the depth of penetration. I'll swear it was a bow though to keep this on topic LOL!
 

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

That is very cool.  Kinda reminds me of the bison skull with the arrowhead lodged in it thats down at that metal detector shop down on Memorial and 23rd st.  That was found down on the Arkansas river near bixby.

Where'd this come from, Jim?

[razorsharptokill]

ehhhh. "that's classified"......

Some where out West but not in Oklahoma.

I edited it out of the text at the suggestion of a member. I don't know the "exact" location though.

[ozy clint]

vanilla- do you mean this one?

 

[Hawkeye]

If only the head had been a single bevel, they prolly coulda split that bone in half!!    

[ChuckC]

You know. . . if that head was single beveled . .    
ChuckC

[Arwin]

Ahh... what the heck.....just cut a nice piece out of that thing for some tip overlays. I'm sure your friend won't mind.  

[foxchef]

Those look like Anasazi beans. Archaeologists have found them in the SW in clay pots sealed with pine pitch. Just a little food trivia. Maybe some ancient one had buffalo chili!

[razorsharptokill]

Very good Fox...... it is from the SW.

[bowhunterfrompast]

What ever it came from, was reaaaaaally big.

It looks like an arrowhead to me.

Thanks for sharing  

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

I'm not sure if thats the same one or not, Clint. Seems like the one that sits in this guys shop isn't laquered or anything. But..its been a few years since I've been in there.

I know there's been several found in the NE Oklahoma/SW Missouri region; seems them tribes like to go for head shots!

[Chris Surtees]

That is really cool      

[Thumper Dunker]

Awsome.