And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Spearhead of rock crystal, Copper Age, Valencina de la Concepcion, Spain
I wonder what lurid stories this stone could tell. Quite the piece of artistry.
I once had the opportunity on the Lassen-Applegate Trail to watch an old guy drape a piece of leather over his knee and he knapped a piece of obsidian into a spear head. A great tie to a time long past.
Likely belonged to a chieftain or a shaman....and yes, there has to be a serious back-story.
ReplyDeleteI once had the opportunity on the Lassen-Applegate Trail to watch an old guy drape a piece of leather over his knee and he knapped a piece of obsidian into a spear head. A great tie to a time long past.
ReplyDeleteSpent part of a Oregon high desert summer next door to a knapper. He was interesting and talented, and keeping the art alive.
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