Flint Arrowhead ?

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction (no pun intended) I have a flint/stone arrowhead in a collection of Chinese arrowheads .Its a dark brown colour and is 64mm in length by 15mm at its widest that’s all I know about it.

 

Not flint

 

I agree with @terry5732. It looks ground (or cast if fake), not knapped as you'd expect in a point made of flint, obsidian, etc.

 

Hi thank you for looking I dont know the brown material is.It was amongst a collection of antique chinese arrows.

 

Maybe cast metal? Did you test it with a magnet?

 

No it’s some sort of dark brown stone , I was trying to find the shape to see if that would help but haven’t seen anything yet will keep looking thanks for suggestions .

 

I have flint there and brown coloured but nothing that looks like this.Some items that came with it in photo bone of some sort.

 

Would you have any pictures of the arrows?

 

Looks like it might be made of slate, or a similar stone, ground to shape. The stem/tang would probably have fit into a shaft, and the notches on the sides were helpful in tying it on. Might be neolithic - it looks vaguely similar to these:

https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/a...ists-discover-cave-dwelling-agrarian-society/

 

Hi yes it does look like those , other points I have are bronze Warring States according to online sites that I matched with my own.Thank you very much for photo .

 

Couple of arrowheads with tangs in very good condition.

 

I've seen a somewhat similar item, apparently made of ground slate, in an ebay listing. (One of those where the seller has a grouped photo of other artifacts from other of his auctions, not the item actually being sold). His items are mostly sold as "Eskimo/Inuit/Bering sea."
This suggests to me that Brubaker's item has not yet been entirely identified, perhaps....in other words, I have no definite opinion, other than it does not look to me like a normal knapped arrowhead, and the exact origin and cultural association are unknown.

 

Hi I do have one of the above bronze arrowheads and some unusual iron ones that are quite long .I also have Chinese crossbow triggers and parts of a chariot (caps and pins) .A mixture of artefacts , there’s bone and iron and bronze arrow points so this was amongst them.Thank you for looking and commenting it’s very much appreciated .This collection has been in private hands around 30 years so the items haven’t been around.Not the easiest to research stuff kept under lock and key for so long .

 

Hope this close up is good enough to see the stone better.