CAST #P-45

CLOVIS POINT
(CAST)
FENN CACHE
FORREST FENN COLLECTION
COPYRIGHT MARCH 31, 2004 PETER A. BOSTROM
Cast of a Clovis point from the Fenn cache.
CAST #P-45
CLOVIS POINT (CAST)
FENN CACHE
FORREST FENN COLLECTION

     This large Clovis point was found along with 55 other Clovis artifacts in the Fenn cache and it is the longest point found in the cache. This point is described as unfinished, as a late stage Clovis preform, but in its present form it may have served as a knife. It was skillfully made using percussion flaking. This point was made from a beautiful piece of translucent red and purple Utah Agate.  It measures 8 1/4 inches (21 cm) long.
   The site location for this Clovis point and the Fenn cache is unknown. The man who found the Fenn cache collected in the general area of northeast Utah sometimes crossing into Idaho and Wyoming. The cache was mounted in one large frame and sold by family members. (Frison 1991)

Clovis points from the Fenn cache.
CLOVIS POINTS
FENN CACHE
FORREST FENN COLLECTION

   This picture shows three of the Clovis points from the Fenn cache. They are laying on top of a large piece of mammoth bone from the Lange-Ferguson Mammoth kill site in South Dakota. The large point in the center is the one offered as a cast.

    The Fenn cache consists of 56 Clovis artifacts in various stages of manufacture. The most exotic of these were three beautiful Clovis points made of quartz crystal. Eight of the artifacts were made of Obsidian and the rest were made of either agate or chert. (Bradley, Frison 1999)

"REFERENCES"

1999, Bradley, Bruce and Frison, George, "The Fenn Cache, Clovis Weapons & Tools", pp. 16-17.

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