Description

This bifacial flint knife is a tool, an object of beauty, and a signifier of status.

A delicate and beautiful object, it has been formed by pressure flaking.  Skillful work on both sides has produced a very thin object with a sharp edge.  Its delicacy argues against practical use, though it could have been used for slicing meat.  It may have been carried or worn to indicate rank and wealth. 

Considerable investment in time and skill was required to make such an object.  This  knife showed the owner's status in life and, as part of a burial, accompanied him in death.