Unusual Artifact

[dtcmor]

Among my newly acquired artifacts, I found an unusual point. It is about 3" in length, but also has a very defining curve from base to tip. One edge has been worked with flaking and the other has not and is like the sharp end of the spall where it is struck from the core. It is notched so it was intended to be halfted and used as a knife or tool of some kind.
I showed it to a friend at work who has some knowledge of tools and he thinks it is a bow making tool that would be used like a draw knife. He thinks the curve in the blade was how they helped shaped the convex side of the limbs. It makes sense.
I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts or different information about this piece.

[rockjunquie]

scraper?

[dtcmor]

rockjunquie - I had thought the same thing at first but it has a stem notched type base so it would have been mounted. Most halfted scrapers utilize the tip edge - wide and flat not pointed, to scrape. This one seemes to be used on the side edges instead like a knife or blade.
My only other explanation would be that the person who crafted it didn't have very good skills and/or needed a quickie field point and didn't care what it looked like lol.

[Deleted]

Or a training point for a kidlet

[Fossilman]

Agatemaggot is pretty knowledgeable about points...Odd one indeed...

[agatemaggot]

That would be referred to as a unifaced tool, flaked from one side. My guess is it was made to be a knife from the length. The knapper worked from one side to keep as much length as possible. If he / she, had removed the curve to make a straight blade, quite a bit of length would have been lost.
Dctmor and Shotgunner have the best theory I think, Junior and his dad were sitting around the fire and junior was learning the ropes !
Scrapers for objects with a radius had the cutting edge curved instead of the blade body, similar to a single bite out of a piece of bread.
After looking a second time at the pic's. it appears the notches were cut in on the bulb of percussion end ( thick end ). That is the opposite way most points are made because of the extra work involved to thin the base for the notches. Pretty good chance it was a newbie project.

[dtcmor]

Thanks everyone for the input! Definitely an odd piece and it will make a great piece for my collection!

[fernwood]

VEry unique and special for sure.

[jamesp]

For curved shoots ? Kidding. Cool artifact. Specialty tools were made. They made drills, arrow shaft shavers, awls, chip knives, bone crushers, etc.