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MINIATURE LAMP, BANNER-STONE
& CAHOKIA POINT The miniature artifacts pictured here cover a time span of several thousand years. The people who made the Cahokia point and the banner-stone are no longer represented by living cultures. But, because of their miniature size, the point may have once been hafted onto a small bow and arrow set. The banner-stone may also have been attached to a child's version of a spear thrower (atlatl). The Eskimo oil lamp comes from a living culture where Anthropologists have been able to observe their use as toys. The smallest item, the Cahokia point, measures 5/8 of an inch (1.2 cm) long. The oil lamp is made of steatite, the banner-stone is made of granite and the Cahokia point is made of Burlington chert.
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