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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Totem Pole, Wampum, Native American Pottery, Zuni Fetishes, Calumet, Arrowhead, Wiigwaasabak, Dreamcatcher, the Ghost Shirt, Basket, Soulcatcher, Sacred Bundle, Charmstone, Medicine Bag, Medicine Bundle, Smudge Stick, Caddoan Village Bundle, Ghost Shirts, Talking Stick, Chanunpa, Prayer Stick, Hair Drop, Whiteshell. Excerpt: A Native American arrowhead An arrowhead is a tip, usually sharpened, added to an arrow to make it more deadly or to fulfil some special purpose. Historically arrowheads were made of stone ; as human civilisation progressed other materials were used. Arrowheads are important archaeological artifacts ; they are a subclass of projectile points . Design Arrowheads are attached to arrow shafts and may be fired from a bow , similar types of projectile points may be attached to spears and “thrown” by means an Atlatl (spear thrower). The arrowhead or projectile point is the primary functional part of the arrow, and plays the largest role in determining its purpose. Some arrows may simply use a sharpened tip of the solid shaft, but it is far more common for separate arrowheads to be made, usually from metal, horn, or some other hard material. Arrowheads may be attached to the shaft with a cap, a socketed tang , or inserted into a split in the shaft and held by a process called hafting . Points attached with caps are simply slid snugly over the end of the shaft, or may be held on with hot glue . Split-shaft construction involves splitting the arrow shaft lengthwise, inserting the arrowhead, and securing it using a ferrule , sinew, or wire. Variants Japanese arrowheads of several shapes and functions Arrowheads are usually separated by function: item Bodkin points are short, rigid points with a small cross-section. They were made of unhardened iron and may have been …
American Indian Relics: Totem Pole, Wampum, Native American Pottery, Zuni Fetishes, Calumet, Arrowhead, Wiigwaasabak, Dreamcatcher
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