2-7/8 GROUND SLATE MASSACHUSETTS ARROWHEAD RED PAINT PEOPLE Rare Indian Artifact For Sale

2-7/8" SLATE LANCEOLATE. LIKELY USED TO TIP A HARPOON. THIN WITH QUALITY WORKMANSHIP. -GROUND & POLISHED.MASSACHUSETTES - ARCHAIC 5000 - 3800 B.P.Five thousand years ago,along coastal Maine from the Androscoggin River up to Mount Desert Island, a group of native humans thrived. They are known most commonly today as the Red Paint People and they existed up until about 3,800 years ago when they vanished from history. They hunted Swordfish many years before even the Japanese. Named for the Red Ocherassociated with The Red People habitation sites.