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| Flint Arrowhead |
The American Indian fashioned arrowheads of stone for use in
hunting and warfare.
Flint was valued because it is no hard that it chips in smooth,
curved flakes. But other stones, such as
quartz and obsidian, as well as bone were used to make arrowheads.
To make a flint arrowhead, the arrow-maker selected a piece of
flint the size he needed. With a piece
of leather to protect his hand, he grasped the flint tightly between the palm
and fingertips of one hand.
Using a chipping tool made from bone or antler, he pressed
sharply against the edge of the flint.
This caused a small flake to chip off.
He continued to chip until the flint took the shapes that he wanted it
to have.
He then bound the arrowhead to the wooden shaft with thongs or
leather or sinew. Feathers were then
fixed to the other and of the shaft to make the arrow fly straight. – Dick
Rogers
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