Rare Worked Bone Harpoon Spear Point Yorkshire Dales River Find COA

Description

This listing is for the exact worked bone artefact shown in the photographs, interpreted as a possible harpoon point or spear point and recovered as a river find from the Yorkshire Dales. Its elongated, deliberately shaped form gives it the appearance of a functional point made from animal bone. Because it is an individual archaeological surface find, the photographs should be treated as the primary record of its condition, form and workmanship.

Worked bone was an important raw material for communities across many periods. Bone is lighter and more resilient than stone, can be cut or scraped into narrow forms, and can take a sharp point when carefully ground and polished. Such qualities made it useful for practical objects including awls, needles, fishing equipment, barbed points and components of hunting or craft tools. A pointed object could have been hafted into a wooden shaft or used directly by hand, depending on its size and construction.

The possible identification as a harpoon or spear point reflects the shape visible on this specimen. It is offered as an interpreted worked-bone object rather than with a claimed precisely dated cultural attribution. River environments can move, abrade and redeposit objects from different periods, and this natural process may soften edges, polish surfaces or obscure original working marks. Those effects are part of the artefact’s history and should be assessed in the detailed images.

The Yorkshire Dales contain a long record of human activity, with valleys and waterways used for movement, settlement, farming and resource gathering. Rivers such as those running through the Dales continually rework gravel bars and banks, occasionally exposing objects that were previously buried in sediment. A river find therefore preserves both evidence of human manufacture and the later geological processes that shaped its present appearance.

Please inspect every supplied photograph carefully. They show the actual artefact you will receive, not a stock photograph or representative example. The images document the colour, surface texture, point, profile, any visible working, natural cracks, mineral staining, wear and areas of loss. Full sizing is shown in the photographs, so use the pictured measurements or scale when considering its dimensions.

This object has strong appeal for collectors of worked bone, British river finds, primitive tools, ethnographic-style implements and archaeological teaching material. It can be displayed as a compact example of how natural materials were transformed into purposeful objects before modern manufactured tools became available. Its tactile surface and recognisable pointed form also make it useful for discussions of ancient craft, tool manufacture and experimental archaeology.

A generic certificate of authenticity with a lifetime authenticity guarantee is included. Keep the certificate and all locality information with the specimen to preserve its provenance and collecting interest. The artefact will be packed carefully for transit.

This is a genuine worked bone river find from the Yorkshire Dales. The exact specimen pictured will be supplied, complete with the documentation described above.