Stringtown Lanceolate Dagger 6 1/8 Harrodsburg Fossil St Louis MO G10+ Video

  
This G10+ specimen measures at 6 1/8" x 1 ¼" x 7/16 and has bifacial collateral pressure flaking resulting in a median ridge on the dorsal face with a touch of a ridge on the ventral face on the stem up halfway in the blade. The tip is in excellent condition and the stem is square and moderately edge ground resulting in weak shouldering. Was reportedly found on private property located in Saint Louis County, Missouri ex Floyd Ritter, Dan Peeler Collections. This is a no brainer ancient authentic artifact investment museum quality. Was likely hafted in a bone knife and either served as a personal defensive thrusting dagger or was a status piece worn by the maker. For me in all of my 45+ years collecting it is the best example of the type I have seen. Consensus among some of my closest collecting friends is that this is a Stringtown Lanceolate. Dan thought this was a Kramer, however this relic has such strong median ridges and is edge ground on the stem with weak shoulders that it looks and feels like early archaic technology to me.