hal: does the groove on this stone circle the stone ?
i found a boat stone a few years ago. it had a groove like your
stone. it was flat on the top {not dished out like most boat stones.
thanks for showing a good and unusual find.
angus mcnutt

CRACKY Angus
I hadn't thought of something special ( very rare in Centx..) so I took another look.
The flat side is actually purposely ground dead flat...



The grooves just go around the ends



Groove itself is pretty deep and very straight & clean.



Profile...Since he shaped the flat side, did he purpose make this design ?



Tks for the tip Angus, I'll now put this in the case with the gorgets ( instead of
the fishing tackle box )

Hal. That beautiful stone was used by the ancients to braid hair. It's likely Woodland and quite nice. It was fully oblong and whole at one time. I suspect the lady of the house caught her man out with the neighbors sweetie and ultimately broke it over his head whilst he ran for the door. It's perfectly flat on one side and that tells me she was working the blade on her knife for a later meeting with her future her x- husband. Sounds reasonable to me. What do you think?

IDA

Now that is a interesting find!

Nice atl atl weight Hal!

ATLATL WEIGHT . . . THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS...Tks Brad.

I Googled "atlatl weight" and found several different documented designs and this triangular design was one of them. I did not see the exact groove configuration but that must have been an individual option.

I'll still keep it with the cherished gorgets and properly labeled.

"Hair Braiding tool " You Mano Hamburger !

Congratulations Hal on your rare find! If that's not worthy of the front page, I don't know what is?