PLAINS INDIAN STEEL ARROWHEAD C.1870-80

The post Civil War westward expansion period. 3 ¼” length, flat steel skillfully fashioned, probably from a barrel hoop or wagon tire, both of which were regularly abandoned along the pioneer trails. Retaining its original twisted plant fiber bindings. Lost with its shaft, probably consumed by insects. Ex: Vietzen Collection, Indian Ridge Museum, Elyria Ohio.