# Anybody here an expert on arrow/spear points?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-an-expert-on-arrow-spear-points/758202 "2016-06-24T03:24:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-an-expert-on-arrow-spear-points/758202/1 "2016-06-24T03:24:12Z")

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A local antique store went out of business recently after the owner died. They sold off much of his stock. One thing I picked up was a display case of about 25+ arrow and spear points, but there was no provenance for them. I’m very curious as to what I have, but the internet isn’t much help. Just because of where we live, I’m tentatively assuming that at least some of them are of Northwest tribal origins, but that’s just a guess. Local art museum is of no help.

If anybody is confident in their knowledge of these sorts of artifacts, I can send photos. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-an-expert-on-arrow-spear-points/758202/2 "2016-06-24T12:37:40Z")

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You want to talk to **dropzone**. He had the answers in [this thread about a spear point.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792521&highlight=notched)